Word: strenuousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Serendipity sometimes succeeds where policy falters. When Japan's trade surplus with the U.S. finally declined slightly to $3.85 billion last month, from $4.03 billion in May, it was not because of the strenuous efforts by the Reagan Administration to reduce the American trade deficit. Nor were Americans buying fewer Japanese cars, cameras or VCRs nor consumers in Japan importing more U.S. goods. It was all because of the Emperor...
Mario Matthew Cuomo, 53, the Governor of New York, is both of these men, the man of strenuous action and the man of otherworldly contemplation. Like the titans he frequently invokes--Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt--he is a man who battles inwardly between passion and reason, between his ambition and his doubts. Some believe that out of this man's head and heart may come the soul of a new Democratic Party, and perhaps the strength to lead it to the White House...
...around. "Maybe they were taking a coffee break," said one official wryly. The Soviets had one communication ship anchored at Surt and kept it lit up like a country carnival so that the U.S. fleet would know not to shoot it. But in the event of a more strenuous fight, the U.S. had made an explicit decision not to be deterred by the risks of Soviet casualties. Said a U.S. official: "This wasn't our intent, but if it happened, that...
...banks and thrifts have launched a strenuous effort to keep the brokers from hijacking their customers. Many have teamed up with investment firms so they too can offer stock packages. More visibly, financial institutions are showering consumers with promotional giveaways and extending hours. Customers who open an IRA at North Carolina Federal Savings and Loan in Charlotte automatically enter a drawing for a free round-trip Piedmont Airlines ticket, which can be used on any of the routes the carrier flies, from Miami to San Francisco. New York City's Dollar Dry Dock Savings Bank is offering new IRA depositors...
...week (burning off at least 900 calories), for example, had a risk of death 21% lower than those who walked less than three miles a week. The optimum expenditure of energy seems to be about 3,500 calories a week, the equivalent of six to eight hours of strenuous bicycling or singles tennis. The Harvard men who worked out that much had half the risk of death of those who did little or no exercise. Moreover, the study showed that a lifetime habit of engaging in energetic activity three to four times a week could reduce the negative health effects...