Word: robust
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Much of this kind of joy derives from the work of choreographer Ron Porter, who sends his dancers through whirlwinds of frenetic steps, jump and whoops. His "Heart" number is a show stopper, as the baseball players scamper all over the place under the robust leadership of Bob Bush, the salty team manager...
...opened the congress with a short televised speech. He appeared robust and rotund despite his 75 years. The main address was delivered by his chosen successor, Defense Minister Lin Piao (see box). Hunched on a stool, the frail Lin, 61, read a thick manuscript that analyzed the results of the Cultural Revolution and set out the newest orders for the party. After Lin's address, the 1,512 delegates split up into working groups to discuss Lin's report...
...Eliot, it is clear that the three iconoclasts are prepared to do without a great deal that Burgess is not. The essay in which Burgess puts a few of the 50 treasures back in their places, and the three "naughty, smackable" cutups back in theirs, is a masterpiece of robust derision and scholarly scorn. This over, he bursts out against the show-offs: "I've never in all my reading encountered such bloody arrogance...
...GODFATHER, by Mario Puzo, is a robust, crisply narrated novel about the Mafia with a clear-cut moral: the family that preys together stays together...
...thing, successful revolutions are typically linked to severe economic dislocations. Despite continuing ugly poverty, particularly among blacks, the American economy is so robust that talk of a revolution based on economic discontent verges on fantasy. Military disaster is another spur for revolution. If sufficiently prolonged, the Viet Nam war might make trouble for the democratic process; more than any other issue, it has already brought moderates to the side of the would-be revolutionaries. Yet no matter how bitter the physical or psychic wounds caused by Viet Nam, the war is still a long way from destroying the normal life...