It is possible, now that the 20th-century struggle with totalitarianism is over and ideological passions have waned, that Orwell could fade from awareness.

Mr. Alexander's conservative bona fides are also suspect, because he has the reputation and record of a middle-of-the-road Republican who is not driven by ideological passion.

Only in the heat of an ideological passion, could grown people make so much of so little.

He is a conventional politician, one guided far more by cautious self-interest than by ideological passion.

How quaint both notions seem, now that personal and ideological passion are measures of political charisma.

Survival becomes a contest between two wills- pure animal force vs. ideological passion- which in the end brings both retribution and salvation.

The result, Le passé d'une illusion, is a penetrating history of the ideological passions that have fueled and characterized the modern era.

True, monetary policy no longer ignites ideological passion the way it did in the days of double-digit inflation.

The Brady bill is the first tough domestic issue the House will face this year, and the whole issue of gun control has stirred intense ideological passions.

Mr. Gingrich often found himself caught between zealots and moderates, sometimes deferring to his troops' ideological passions against his better judgment.