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...Uncommon Enterprize." As a young man, John Adams fancied the ladies, and advised his nieces to practice the good old New England custom of bundling. In 1759, at the age of 23, Adams vowed mightily: "Shall I sleep away my whole 70 Years? No by every Thing I swear I will renounce the Contemplative, and betake myself to an active roving Life by Sea or Land, or else I will attempt some uncommon unexpected Enterprize...
Administration of Justice. Rarely have the mills of U.S. justice been so clogged. In federal district courts, 6,200 cases have been pending for at least three years; in state courts it now takes about a year for the average case to be heard; it is not uncommon for personal-injury cases to linger on dockets for five years. Chief...
...German, Scripture and lesson plans. At 9 they take to motor scooters for three hours of in tensive house-to-house canvassing, devote the afternoon to visiting prospects referred to them by others. Shunning dating, dancing, even swimming, they spend evenings in paper work, and it is not uncommon for Mormon missionaries to put in 70 hours a week...
...start, Kennedy knew well that his job, carrying with it sole responsibility for decisions of imponderable magnitude, had forced every President before him into an unwanted, unique loneliness. Yet it was still a surprise that he had retreated into the isolation of power so early. A gregarious man with uncommon social charm, Kennedy has become steadily less and less available to old college and political pals. Once the most accessible President the Washington press corps had ever known, he is now acutely sensitive to criticism. His vivid Irish wit flashes infrequently. One White House staffer who sees him daily says...
...laden U2* soared far above the thunderheads. Supersonic jets, laden with instruments, darted through the fringe of the clouds. Even far from the core they bounced suddenly from 75 m.p.h. updrafts to downdrafts moving just as fast. At the center of a storm, winds of 350 m.p.h. were not uncommon...