Word: avid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...SHAKESPEAREAN. In Henry IV, Prince Hal declares: "If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work." The sheer number of baseball and basketball contests tends to satiate all but the most avid fans...
Japanese consumers are even more avid than Americans for color TV; some 70% of Japanese households have color sets, v. about 58% of U.S. homes. But Sony and other Japanese manufacturers are only beginning to offer limited quantities of color sets with screens larger than 19 in., and many will not have mass-produced large screens ready for sale until later. But by December, Motorola plans large-scale marketing of color sets with 22-in. to 25-in. screens, to be made in the U.S., and sold in Japan through AIWA Co., which is 50% controlled by Sony...
Howard Baker is relaxing with his family in his home town of Huntsville, Tenn. (pop. 337), deep in the heart of Appalachia. He likes to play tennis and ride a trail bike around the mountains in the company of his 17-year-old daughter Cynthia. An avid photographer, he has been known to interrupt a tennis game to photograph a flower or a plant that has caught his eye. Last week even a weed captivated him. "The sun had caught the weed just right," a friend explained. "He'd been watching for several days to get the proper shot...
Haldeman began doing volunteer work for Nixon in 1952, and has worked in every Nixon political foray since then, while becoming a successful Los Angeles adman. Ehrlichman was settled in Seattle with a reputation as an effective zoning lawyer and an avid conservationist. At Haldeman's urging, he joined Nixon's unsuccessful 1960 presidential campaign, then rejoined in 1968 and moved on into Washington with his political mentor. More than anyone else, the two made Nixon's White House work, but in an arbitrary and authoritarian fashion that made them a good many enemies and critics...
...Omaha, baseball appeals to nearly everyone. And the crowds at the series games are a striking cross section of the people who live in the city. High schoolers are as avid fans as the little leaguers. Older people, even the woman (many of whom come along to take in the afternoon contests), are dedicated enthusiasts...