Word: stamina
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some proud corps of crack troops, the new Spartans are dedicated to an ideal of fitness that far surpasses conventional images of weekend joggers. "I enjoy being strong," says Houston Librarian Amy Mollberg, 39, who lifts free weights. "I have a sense of security knowing that I have the stamina and strength to do almost anything I want to do, physically. It's O.K. for women to be strong now." Sums up Chicago Attorney Jerry Mayster, 37, whose weekday routine includes both weight lifting and running: "I know I have a physical edge, and just knowing it makes...
...portrayal. After Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, he canceled his appearance in Siegfried and was replaced by a weak Bent Norup. Poor Manfred Jung, the substitute Siegfried, is physically unprepossessing and vocally inadequate to this most heroic of heldentenor roles, which demands both strength and stamina. Although he gave it a game effort, especially in Götterdammerung, Jung put one in mind of Scholar-Critic Ernest Newman's acidulous remark that too often Siegfried gives "the impression of a man whose mental development was arrested at the age of twelve and has been in custody ever...
...knowledge is what they bring back along with the Koda-chromes and fishermen's sweaters: knowledge and the overriding memories of good times. As one Rome-based American allows, "It's a great year to be in Europe, to be thin and to have dollars." And stamina. Never in peacetime have so many Yanks deployed themselves across the map of Europe in search of entertainment, uplift and, dammit, a good time. It may all prove a little too much for some. But England, as usual, has the answer. Its name is Ragdale Hall. A gracious old country manor...
...finger sandwiches." Over a period of five weeks, Gorey followed the endlessly energetic Congressman through a schedule of House business meetings, sessions with Miami constituents and speeches all over the country. It was an agenda that would have exhausted a teenager, and Gorey found Pepper's strength and stamina astonishing. "In one of the speeches I covered," Gorey recalls, "Pepper said that old people want to be treated like people. A corollary belief apparently is that he wants to act like people. One day, en route to a Miami luncheon where he was to be honored, we walked through...
...number one doubles pair had playa nearly two and a half hours the day before against Penn and won in three sets. The match against Columbia was a test of stamina and physical conditioning...