Word: stamina
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...limits lunch to a salad or cottage cheese with ketchup, though he occasionally succumbs to ice cream. No teetotaler, he likes to polish off a hard day's politicking with two or three dry martinis with a pair of olives in each. Ford's colleagues are astounded by his stamina. He has been known to fly to Denver after a day's work in the House, deliver a speech, fly back to Washington, take a swim at 3 a.m., sleep for four hours and then start the next day's activities with no hint of fatigue...
...another battleground: Viet Nam. By coincidence, the first "inside" account of those 3½ years of talks and tribulations appears this week in the summer issue of the quarterly Foreign Policy. Written by former New York Timesman Tad Szulc, it offers an insight into the Secretary's "brilliance, stamina and tactics." Szulc pieced together his 47-page narrative from conversations with several officials involved in the peace effort-although not with Kissinger himself. Among the article's principal points...
...artificial barrier-it doesn't change you from a competent to an incompetent person." Compulsory retirement, the medical group insists, can be a prime factor in an older person's physical and emotional deterioration. Conversely, work after age 65 can improve life expectancy, increase physical and emotional stamina, even boost earning power. "I'm not built for retirement," declares Weisbrod flatly. "I don't want to sit on a park bench." Thousands of aged Americans would probably echo that sentiment...
...floral centerpiece out to her. "I wish that we could do more," he said. Cederberg felt that the Nixonian sense of humor was sound, and so was the President's mental condition. Nixon was ready to talk about problems from the Soviet Union to congressional politics. "What stamina," Cederberg said later in the week...
...that first run," and came back with only a 1:56.9 in the second race, Okerman's performance was a fine tribute to the sophomore's dedication and to the coaching staff's personal program for the runner. "Because of all that mile practice I had the stamina to finish strong in the half," Okerman said elatedly after his final race. "With my speed I couldn't stay with the pack, but when I got to the last 220, I was strong enough so that it was only a little problem to stay up front...