Word: regimen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with the severe regimen of a Sadler's Wells ballerina-an endless round of class, rehearsals and performances-the champagne & lobster life comes only once in a blue moon. Margot would be among the first to agree with Frederick Ashton that "being a ballerina is like being a nun; it is a dedication...
Part of Joe's notions about his daily regimen come from a talk he once had with Ty Cobb, after DiMaggio's first year with the Yankees. Cobb told him that a good outfielder was crazy to spend 15 minutes a day shagging fly balls once he got in shape: "Don't spend your hitting energy chasing flies. Grab a few and then sit down in a cool, shady spot." DiMag has been conserving his energy ever since. He even seems to conserve it on the playing field...
Canada's Government, well aware that its austerity schedule would be hard to take, used two of its most persuasive radio voices to sell the regimen to the people. Prime Minister Mackenzie King, speaking from London, outlined the crisis in general terms. Finance Minister Douglas Abbott followed him on the air from Ottawa with the details...
Whitehall Court. Cripps himself would not suffer because of cuts in fuel for heating bath water. Part of his strict daily regimen is to bathe each morning at 8, in cold water. By that time, he has already been up nearly four hours. He gets up at 4:15, works in his Whitehall Court flat along the Thames Embankment until 6:45. Then he and Isobel walk briskly through St. James's Park. The rest of the day he sticks meticulously to a tight schedule, gives no more than the allotted time (usually 15 minutes) to each interview...
...with a hot temper and a soft heart, Mackay became a miner for love of the exercise and a mine-owner for love of the game. In Virginia City he spent his evenings at a gymnasium taking on all comers for three bruising rounds each. His regimen was rare in a town where for a time every other building on the main street was a saloon, and where the brothels were the pride of the West. With another of Virginia City's diversions, however, Mackay was thoroughly at home, and that was speculation in mining stocks...