The critics of microfinance might be said to fall into two categories: those who feel it does some good, just not all that its most fervent proselytizers claim it does; and those who feel it does borrowers harm.
For years, Chávez's most fervent supporters claimed he was "sent by God" to help the poor, pointing to his social "missions" that provide subsidised goods and services.
The film is the most recent of several collaborations between Ms. von Trotta, the German feminist director, and Barbara Sukowa, the radiant actress who portrays Hildegard as a mixture of canny politician and fervent mystic who claims to receive messages directly from God.
By Elias Muhanna As they always do when the President vacillates, or acts impulsively, his most fervent supporters are claiming that his decision to cancel the summit was part of some hidden master plan.
By Sam Knight As they always do when the President vacillates, or acts impulsively, his most fervent supporters are claiming that his decision to cancel the summit was part of some hidden master plan.
I came away from the debate saddened by the testimonials from fervent believers who claimed to have met the Devil personally or to have barely escaped the fires of damnation.
In fact, their real surprise was how much bitter resistance the Medicare idea encountered among voters — the ones they claim share their fervent desire to dismantle much of the federal government.
"That's what the leftists and the media want to call me," says one subject, while others decline to answer the question altogether; the most fervent of Dotan's subjects claim to be called to live on the land of their forefathers by divine decree.
He remained a fervent opponent of European integration, claiming that Europe was bureaucratic, centralised and dominated by Germany.
He says that Ramadan not just "admires" but "worships" Qaradawi, although the citations of Ramadan that he produces to illustrate this claim reveal nothing more fervent than the standard lexicon of scholarly attribution: "Yusuf al-Qaradawi aptly notes that... "; "For details, see Yusuf al-Qaradawi.... ..... Berman's fulminations against Ramadan — "He is imprisoned in a cage..
The bottom line is Newcastle need to deliver the quality to stimulate their fervent followers and even though they claimed a draw here, showing application and effort, there is a glaring lack of quality in this squad that provided all the evidence required as to why they are in this perilous position.
