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...Cure-AII. Besides himself, Cureton's disciples range from Evangelist Billy Graham ("I don't miss my workout even on Sundays") to former Distance Runner Joie Ray, who at 71 has the wind, strength and stamina of a college student, still manages to run the mile in under 7 min. To hear Cureton sermonize, virtually everyone should be out jogging with Joie: "Age is no barrier." Though many doctors disagree with the implication that fitness is synonymous with health, Cureton insists it should be an integral part of everyone's life. Says...
...tung has said that Communism will conquer Asia because the U.S. has neither the stamina nor the patience to counteract his "wars of liberation." Now Ho Chi Minh says that the Viet Cong will win the struggle in Viet Nam because "Americans don't like long, inconclusive wars." These statements indicate what we are up against in Southeast Asia. The formula for victory is patience, an organized population, and a preponderance of men and matériel. The United States can prove Chairman Map and Uncle Ho irrevocably wrong. But it will take more strength in the face...
...more firm opinions on more topics than any other commentator, and he delivered them with complete self-assurance. He was often profoundly right, especially in his early diagnosis of the dangers of Nazism. He could also be spectacularly wrong. In the close 1948 presidential election, which tried the stamina of most pundits, he kept insisting, long after it was prudent, that Tom Dewey would win by an "overwhelming vote." Later Truman enjoyed imitating H.V.'s commentary in H.V.'s voice. Kaltenborn did not resent it; he mimicked Truman mimicking...
...President went looking for a man who could handle the situation, and he found the man at his elbow. Captain Meriwether Lewis, Jefferson's lifelong friend and private secretary, was a Virginian who at 29 combined impressive military and diplomatic experience with a lively intellect, immense stamina and wide knowledge of the frontier. Go west, young man, said Jefferson-and westward Lewis went...
...first time in my Harvard career, I had been conscientious about getting a lot of sleep each night. I had been up all night on Thursday before the Princeton game (for a Friday hour exam) and felt it--I lost a lot of stamina on the field. It was in that game that I was injured...