Word: ardor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Story of Civilization was planned as a five-volume, 25-year project, but the author underestimated his own ardor and longevity. The series expanded, filling the Durants' hours from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week. After Volume V came Will's announcement, at 69, that "the imminence of senility" would bring the work to an end with Volume VII. But it was only at age 90, after Volume XI-The Age of Napoleon-that Durant retired. "The ego is willing," he said, "but the machine cannot...
...organizations captured the nation's conscience and won an end to segregation in public accommodations, besides sweeping legal guarantees of civil rights and voting rights. Yet the movement has seen a sharp decline in political influence since the Reagan Administration took office, as well as a cooling of ardor for civil rights issues among the nation's white majority. As the Rev. Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, observes: "Many of our allies in the 1960s now no longer offer support. Some are now among the most vicious opponents of affirmative action...
...manipulation of the clay was by no means a metaphor. One of his friends recorded a conversation with Rodin in his old age, as the sculptor talked about an antique copy of the Venus di Medici that stood in his studio: "He spoke in a low voice, with the ardor of a devotee, bending before the marble as if he loved it. 'It is truly flesh!' he said, and beaming, he added: 'You would think it moulded by kisses and caresses!' Then, suddenly, laying his hands upon the statue: 'You almost expect, when you touch...
...rapees, the heroines of paperback romances, were responsible for sales upwards of $100 million in 1980 -representing over one-fourth of mass-market softcover volumes. This year is expected to be even bigger. As gothics and antebellum adventures fade, the "contemporaries," as the trade labels them, are becoming the ardor of the day. Says Dell Vice President Ross Claiborne: "It's a license to print money." The license requires a plucky heroine up against heartrending odds (job problems; the other woman). Object: the tycoon or professional of her choice (see box). Unlike TV soaps or racier novels, the romances...
Throughout, the Israelis have tended to embrace their new partner with the ardor of a zealous suitor. The Egyptians, however, have responded by blowing hot and cold. Explains Israel's Ambassador to Egypt, Eliahu Ben Elissar: "We were ready to dance in the streets when the Egyptian flag was raised in Israel. But the Egyptians had not spent their lives dreaming of seeing the Israeli flag in Cairo. That was the beginning of the asymmetry, and it has continued to this...