Two well-chosen tidbits, performed only on Monday, completed the program with glitter and a tidal wave of passion.
In Natalie Abrahami's clever, atmospheric production, the music begins as a ghost sound but eventually fills the stage in wave after wave of passion and desire.
The wave of passion and excitement that coursed through Mr. Obama's headquarters here in 2008 has been replaced with a methodical and workmanlike approach to manufacturing the winning coalition that came together more organically and enthusiastically for him the last time, a more arduous task with no guarantee of success.
Against Spain, all of that was forgotten, blown away on a wave of passion and emotion that shook the world champions to their core and sent Brazil on their way to a victory that will lay down a marker for the rest of world football ahead of next summer's World Cup.
As the committee prepared to vote, Butler's dismay with Nixon and his disgust with the Republicans 'narrow obstructive partisanship," burst forth in a wave of passion and anger that belied his usual calm.
On the wave of passions and revolutionary enthusiasm, Nasser guaranteed himself a large range of powers, starting to suppress the communists as well as the Muslim Brothers, but also making religious reforms and for the first time, declaring the persecuted Shiism as one of the Islam's religions.
"There is a tidal wave of public passion" in New York, Mr. Lind wrote.
Judge Batts also rejected suggestions that a "tidal wave of public passion" in New York would result in special prejudice toward an Arab defendant.
His lawyer, Sri Srinivasan, spent about 20 minutes of his half-hour argument on the jury selection question and the "wave of public passion" in Houston that he said made it impossible for his client to receive a fair trial.
Other government figures have taken the opportunity to seek to ride the wave of Islamic passion to score political points, making intemperate statements and even calling for a holy war.
