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• n  obsolete terms for legal insanity
• n  an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
• n  a feeling of intense anger
• n  the quality of being rash and foolish
• n  unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
  poetry is a sort of divine madness

• Even the most stable brain operates just a millimeter from madness.
• Why such proximity between genius and madness in chess? There are three possible explanations.
• The savior admired by his own as he dragged them into his madness, the Satan and exterminating angel feared and hated by all others, Hitler led his people to a shameful defeat .

• lunacy
• insaneness
• rabies
• hydrophobia
• lyssa
• fury
• rage
• folly
• foolishness
• craziness
• rabidity
• rabidness

News & Articles

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• Morning Shift: Hawks madness...or is it?
  The Chicago Blackhawks are playing for the Cup-the Stanley Cup, of course. Do the 'Hawks get love all year from Chicago fans, or does it take a trip to the playoffs to really rally the city? Plus humorist John Hodgman stops by. [ View the story "Morning Shift: Hawks madness...or is it?" on Storify ]
  June 13, 2013 - WBEZ 91.5 Chicago
• Blood drive: Hurricane Madness brings attention to donating
  A brief shower didn't hamper Hurricane Madness 2013, an event held at Lehigh Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in cooperation with One Blood Inc., a group that accepts donated blood for the hospital.
  June 12, 2013 - Lehigh Acres Citizen
• Review: A fun 'Reefer Madness' at San Jose Stage
  'Reefer Madness' at San Jose Stage is a perfect bit of light entertainment.
  June 10, 2013 - San Jose Mercury News

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Boston Herald
  We can't afford to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result,Obama said. "That'sa definition of madness, but that's what John McCain is offering. He's offering Bush economic policies and Karl Rove politics."
• Mahmoud Abbas in guardian.co.uk
  This is madness, the madness that is going on in Gaza now,said Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president and Fatah leader, who remains in the West Bank.
• Martin Luther King in Worcester Telegram
  Somehow this madness must cease,Rev. King told a group of mostly clerics. "I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted. I speak for the poor of America who are paying...