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Even so, voting will require considerable stamina. Some Democrats will have to travel 30 miles to a polling place -there is only one in each county -and wait up to two hours for their ballots, which can be a yard long and contain as many as 800 names. Just to make matters more complicated, the candidates will be listed in alphabetical order, with nothing to indicate whether they support Carter or Kennedy. As a result, each camp is passing out lists of delegates to supporters, so they will know how to mark their ballots...
...honors in 1975, the first man ever to accomplish that in the majors, Lynn had never hit more than 22 home runs until this season. He attributes his increased production to a rigorous body-building program he underwent last winter in an effort to build up his strength and stamina. Says he: "There are no great players who are not strong." The workouts added so much muscle to his 6-ft. 1-in., 190-lb. frame that teammates blinked when he showed up for spring training. Lynn feels his weight-training program will also keep him from tiring during...
...second to it; his images are not meant to soothe or win the eye but to build up a record of their action through a labyrinth of nuances. For this reason, a painting like Anne Leaning on a Table, 1977, is as bracing as it is modest. A high stamina of observation is entailed in the complicated whites and shadows of the tablecloth and housecoat, set down with Arikha's fugitive and worried scribbles of the brush. When he leaves his customary palette of white and earth colors, the results show his background in abstract painting: Canadian Envelope...
...ailing Soviet leader, the two men met again at the U.S. Embassy for almost two hours of discussion on the subject that had brought them together in the first place, the SALT II treaty to restrict long-range weapons. The Americans were struck by Brezhnev's stamina during the talks. Said one top U.S. official: "He really seemed to be thoroughly in control, of both the situation and himself...
...weren't for Lorrie Hickey's stamina the line would be much longer." Jacobs said, adding that the delays were not caused by disorganization in the housing office...