Freedom Forum shops sold books with titles like "You Can Trust the Communists (to Be Communists)." The new creed soon found its hero in Barry M. Goldwater, who may have hailed from Arizona, but whose message of individualism found fervent supporters in the sprawl of Los Angeles and Orange County.
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.
As the college football season opened, Mary Jo Kane, an ardent Notre Dame supporter, left a trash-talking message for her friend, Shari Ballard, a fervent Michigan fan.
As the e-mail message arrived, a small but fervent band of outraged journalists protested.
It strikes a balance, with an energetic and uplifting feel that allows Mr. Trump to say he's running on a positive message, while still offering his fervent supporters a negative image of Mrs. Clinton.
How likely is it that the youngest of the Queen's messengers, the one most desperate for advancement, the one who's been threatened with dismissal (he's too fervent and dramatic in his delivery of messages, he bows too low, he's getting on the King's nerves) . . .
And the faithful inside the packed prayer hall were conveying a message not of dread, but of fervent hope.
The president would later describe Montgomery Blair, the postmaster general and fervent colonizationist, as his "only friend" respecting the message.
If those messages bounce primarily between his most fervent supporters, the rest of us are insulated from the circus.
But sometimes a fervent desire to be understood and to convey an important message looks like a declamation of a Shakespeare's Sonnet to a random hungry dog in the streets.
