Word: briskness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...brisk, tenacious way, Michigan's Republican Governor George Romney has striven to prove his campaign contention that he was a "citizen's candidate." Right after his inauguration last January, he established "Citizen's Thursdays," an open-door invitation to anybody who has anything whatever to say to him, provided the visitor says it within five minutes-a timer rings a bell to mark the close of each interview...
...Brisk, stocky G. Bromley Oxnam. the liberal son of a politically conservative mining executive, was one of those men to whom success seems as natural as sleep. He was a tennis champion and a football star at the University of Southern California. Assigned to a rundown parish in the Los Angeles slums, he renamed it the Church of All Nations and rebuilt it into one of the showcases of his faith. He was president of DePauw University in Indiana from 1928 to 1936 and then became, at 44, the youngest bishop of his church at that time. Oxnam took...
Along with the will power goes a Spartan regime, which specifies rhythmic breathing, with brisk walks, warm baths, cold rubdowns and a good night's rest. There is also a walloping dose of what sounds like near vegetarianism: a drink of warm water on awakening, only fresh fruit for breakfast (no coffee!), at least three glasses of water or juice during the morning, a sandwich and salad for lunch, more water or juice, and for dinner only light soup, fruit or green salad, with nothing headier than cottage cheese. Liquor is absolutely banned. So are pepper, mustard and other...
Szell has built his orchestra from 94 to 105 players, extended its season from 20 to 26 weeks, signed a brisk recording contract with Epic Records, and won a large new audience for his yearly tours. Associate Conductor Robert Shaw's Cleveland Orchestra Chorus has been increased to 201 members, and it is now nearly the peer of his Chorale. The orchestra's women's committee now has 1,500 members, busies itself with sternly taught courses in music appreciation, then goes out to round up contributions to fill in the orchestra's immense deficit...
Trying to keep up with Mr. Whiteside's brisk pace through the underground tunnels, we got some inkling of what it is like to direct operations of the vast kitchen system. "It's literally a multi-million dollar operation," said our host as we passed a row of vats in which sliced bacon was being boiled for the noon meal. "Take this equipment that's just broken down: a million dollar series of pumps, pipes, and filters just to transfer thousands of gallons of dishwater from the dishwashing rooms into the huge kettles of the soup kitchens, where color...