Word: vigor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Little-known but skilled players create with extraordinary vigor and depth the portraits painted by the author. "The Hasty Heart" is a play of exceptional emotional import, of brilliant and careful character portrayal...
...five servicemen, says he, are "valiant young pagans" who "know little and care less about Christianity. . . . They will come back sure that the churches have small influence on American life . . . ready to do little more than to give those churches a chance to prove that they have life, vigor, sincerity, pertinency...
...Broom Into the top councils of the aged New Deal came young Ed Stettinius as the 49th U.S. Secretary of State, full of vigor and high resolution. The news of the new week was the speed, distinction and determination of his attack on the organization of the dusty old State Department...
Milo Perkins did not suggest that the fight for a freer economy should go on with less vigor. But if the fight is to get anywhere, Americans must operate realistically, and "not in the fairyland of our own oratory." As a realistic start, Perkins suggested that the U.S.: 1) pass a law requiring registration of all cartel arrangements; 2) set up a Board of International Trade to review and pass on the validity of the registrations; 3) allow the board to pass on all international commodity agreements. He concluded that thus, "where we cannot eliminate the cartels, we must gradually...
...known in New York, was a White House luncheon guest. A few hours later, in Manhattan, bumbling Bob Hannegan, Democratic national chairman, announced that the President would tour New York City. Said Hannegan: "After the people have seen him, they can make up their own minds about his vigor and health...