31.   At times, that passion has been uncorked on the court.

32.   Back in the days of carriages and shirtwaists, when men were men and women were girls, physical passion was not a force one unleashed lightly.

33.   A childless widow whose athletic passion was rowing, the determined Milliat quickly became a threat to the Olympic establishment.

34.   A passion for all that is pine-scented?

35.   A passion for food is a plus, but not a prerequisite.

36.   Actually, Martin adds, his first musical passion was, believe it or not, disco.

37.   After all, passions are, by definition, beyond reason.

38.   All this from a man previously devoid of artistic sensibilities, whose passion was always mathematics and physiology.

39.   But central to all these explorations has been a passion for black American music, an allegiance to traditional Irish music and a deep, rounded, booming voice.

40.   But all this has done little to damp the enthusiasm of investors like Madan, whose passion is simply an extension of a love of all things digital.