Problem is, Reader is not as widely beloved as its most fervid users assume.

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Maybe that soon will also get some notice beyond the fervid environs of Washington.

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In earlier movies, however, his interest in transsexuals was one of the most generous features of his fervid imagination.

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Combined with the Titanium's optional 18-inch summer rubber and leaner sport suspension, the torque vectoring turns a fairly good front-driver into a fervid and stubborn little gymkhana car.

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But it doesn't take a particularly fervid imagination to come up with a scenario involving a long and costly occupation of Iraq accompanied by a prolonged rise in oil prices.

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Consider: During the 2009-10 season, Rob Eckert a Michigan student and fervid hockey fan mentioned to his mother, Nancy, that he'd love to fly a giant Swedish flag at home games to pay respect to Hagelin's heritage.

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Never mind that in some opinions the whole rigmarole was a milling anticlimax to the visit of wine critic Robert Parker, the One Voice That Matters, whose tour through a few days earlier was the subject of its own fervid rumor mill.

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