"Fervour" means having intense and passionate feelings or enthusiasm towards something or someone.
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But this isn't enough to satisfy the almost religious
fervour of the anti-hydrocarbon zealots.
«The debate in this country has become so hysterical that we're now in an atmosphere where freedoms are being thrown away every day because of this
religious fervour of the Labour party and their campaign allies.»
Although he was somewhat detached from the other Abstract Expressionists, he became firm friends with Mark Rothko, sharing a similar
fervour for colour - based abstraction.
Although geographically and historically disparate, all of these artists looked to abstraction with renewed
fervour in the post-war era and saw it as a mode of expression that made a clean break away from the restraints of subjective representation.
And while he always taught with
great fervour and passion, he held his views on secondary issues lightly and with great humility.
Then on 15 July something unexpected happened: perhaps by accident, perhaps in a moment of
revolutionary fervour after Bastille Day, someone at the French space agency CNES made public sensational new images of the comet's icy core.
All the national collections are courting subscription - paying «friends» with renewed
fervour as government funding is steadily cut.
Be warned: even as it deftly delivers on its outlandish and outrageous concept, the film is also aboot how Americans view Canada — so check your patriotic
fervour at the door and prepare for a barrage of Canuck jokes and a steaming - hot double - double of strange.
It seems as though Cafiero and her friends are preparing for the post-Philo era at Céline — now led by Hedi Slimane — with the
same fervour as conspiracy theorists stockpiling toilet paper pre-Y2K.
Both fans and opponents of the deal argue with equal
fervour over its merits.
Lucia also had written that Mary had asked that Russia be consecrated to her Immaculate Heart, and that people pray with
renewed fervour, receiving Communion on ive consecutive First Saturdays.
These are the ideas which were first brought forward in biology by thinkers such as Needham and Woodger (with myself acquiescing on the side - lines) under the name «Organizing Relations,» and by Bertalanffy, who conducted a vigorous propaganda campaign on their behalf, under the name of «Systems Theory, and finally by Norbert Wiener, with
equal fervour, as «Cybernetics.»
But more than anything else, it's a bit thin as the basis for
such fervour.
He has shown himself to be out of his depth in a number of policy areas but he has also helped to rebuild some bridges after the debacle of Blair and his Iraq
messianic fervour.
«In the romantic
fervour surrounding an engagement — a royal engagement, at that — it can be easy to overlook formalities, particularly those that may seem to bring doubt on the relationship.
I can actually see myself at least talking too this fellow about his
evangelical fervour in the workplace.
So the devotion had finally made its way into the life of every ordinary Catholic, beating a new life and
fervour into the practice of the faith by drawing fresh attention to the true motivating love behind all of Christ's actions.
She had surged to apparent invincibility on the back of unabashed
nationalistic fervour at the party conference.
It's a slightly strange choice for a figure, as Ardjet is a rather minor antagonist and lacks the same kind of fan
fervour generated by Vic Viper.
Rivers that pass through many different countries will attract the worst of
nationalist fervour as different societies use and pollute their increasingly precious water: any bets on the odds of water wars before 2050?
Over the past few decades the top German auto manufacturers have been trading punches at the upper end of the luxury performance segment, with ever
increasing fervour.
Meanwhile, there's a born -
again fervour at the firm around confidentiality.
That's not to say any of the intrinsic enjoyment has been taken away; the impressive response of the new engine and the way it propels you up the road with such engaging
fervour on a wide - open throttle make every interaction memorable, even though the revs fail to fall off with quite the same enthusiasm as before when you step away from throttle.
On a recent January morning, the maestro of all this
disruptive fervour sits in a bright meeting room on the 18th floor of Canadian Tire's corporate headquarters, contemplating the grey - blah streets of North Toronto below.
The quoted LongFin comment is taken from a December 18, 2017 Financial Times article titled, «
Blockchain fervour evokes memories of dotcom bubble».
As a whole, this album is full of formula - free melodies played with
disarming fervour.
Whether writing in poetry or prose, St John's topic is prayer beyond the beginning — at that point where consolations dry up and the
first fervour of the spiritual life has worn off.
Beginning life as a convinced young Evangelical, he gradually adopted the Tractarian High Churchmanship promoted by Keble and Newman, before embracing, with all
possible fervour, the Ultramontane, Italianate Catholicism introduced into England by Cardinal Wiseman.
Francis is an Argentinian who has witnessed so much bad government he is conscious of the dangers and seems to want to avoid the failure of his predecessor with a
neuralgic fervour.
But if Bourne's
martial fervour was in some respects regrettable, it certainly reflected the feelings of most of his fellow countrymen, Catholic or not.
The Church can be sensitive to this
new fervour and at least be a support structure to people's struggle, even if it can not enter directly into them.
Before that, there were two days» dancing, feasting and jousting at which Henry participated with his
usual fervour, while Charles, a pious, reserved twenty - year - old, remained a spectator; with his protruding lower jaw, his adenoidal speech, and his reserved and authoritative demeanour he fitted uneasily into Henry's pleasure - filled world.
Originally a simple teacher, then later a magic healer, he finally gathered about him a group of disciples dedicated to a life of
mystic fervour, joy, and love.
Sure, I recycle with an
obsessive fervour that drives my family crazy, never buy bottled water (unless we're forced to overseas), refuse to take plastic bags, and have reduced my seafood consumption to near - zero.
Those of you who read our wee blog with
fanatical fervour may recall that I am a lover of tea.
In particular the bring Cesc
back fervour has gone a little quiet — looking at Chelsea recently it reminds me that brilliant as Cesc was he was and never would have been the «missing link» for us.
He ate his meals with so
much fervour and he devoured cups of water or milk (yes, I offer him cows milk.
They further called on government and the police to apply
more fervour in their pursuance of the truth and bring the real culprits to justice.
His message comes at a poignant time, given the current
academic fervour over the perceived decline of the US in the face the rise of China, and was both sobering and hopeful in tone.
Instead of tacitly buying in to the coalition's small state
ideological fervour, Labour should build mass support for an alternative that would put jobs, services and tax justice ahead of the needs of the City.
Even the Labour Party of the United Kingdom (U.K.) under Tony Blair and later Gordon Brown would speak of a «New Labour» which embraced market forces with
unpredicted fervour.
Patriotic
fervour gripped Paris with proof that Isaac Newton had stolen his theory of gravity from a Frenchman — but the details looked distinctly fishy