Right now, Sugarland, Texas has the political fervor of a presidential election.

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Everyone in this administration has embraced this issue with a level of fervor and commitment.

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Coen Gilbert, who has both an idealist's fervor and a marketer's flair, recruits new companies.

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"We don't have to pay anything we're not legally liable for, " says Bernick, 53, a 5-foot-6 dynamo who has defended tobacco companies and breast-implant manufacturers with equal fervor.

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Shadegg is a member of the vaunted "revolution" class of 1994, and has argued that he would renew the fervor of the Republican Revolution.

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