I'm always surprised by the passions aroused by television performers.
In this world where, in truth, nothing is really at stake, the passions aroused are extraordinary.
The passions aroused by Iraq have passed, along with many of the European leaders who voiced them.
Pabst's first film was Der Schatz (1923; The Treasure), about the passions aroused during a search for hidden treasure.
Bavaria is a place of conservative instincts, and the passions aroused by the succession have already caused unease.
In recent years, the passions aroused by nominations for Surgeon General have been more ideological than medical.
It's as hard to study neurons and understand the flavors of meaning as it is to study Shakespeare's spelling and understand the passions aroused by Macbeth.
CLIMATOLOGY was once a rather peaceful science, insulated by the long-term nature of its inquiries even from the passions aroused by weather forecasts.
A BRITISH official, commenting in 1958 on the passions aroused by Zanzibari politics, noticed that "Funerals and religious ceremonies are boycotted by rival political parties".
But the political power of the Bosnia incident speaks at least as much to the passions aroused by the war as to the media dynamics of the Web.
The passions aroused among the populace diverted attention from a far more fundamental emotion, an increasing irritation with anything and everything pertaining to politics.
