Word: vigor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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THAD JONES-MEL LEWIS JAZZ ORCHESTRA, MONDAY NIGHTS (Solid State). When they are not touring the world, the artists can be found at home in the Village Vanguard on Monday nights. All the joy, humor and vigor of these home-stand evenings are preserved on this second live recording. Fluegelist Jones does most of the arrangements and conducts the crew, which includes Baritonist Pepper Adams, Soprano Saxophonist Jerome Richardson, Pianist Roland Hanna and Bassist Richard Davis. They give Mornin' Reverend a tongue-in-cheek but toe-to-floor gospel treatment and swagger to glory on St. Louis Blues...
...scope of desegregation actually achieved." It described the Administration's actions as "a major retreat in the struggle to achieve meaningful school desegregation." Said the report: "This is certainly no time to create the impression that we are turning back, but a time for pressing forward with vigor. This is certainly no time for giving aid and comfort, even unintentionally, to the laggards ... If anything, this is a time to say that time is running out on us as a nation...
...former student and colleague of Robert McCloskey, I feel his death as a tragic loss. He was a man of passion. All his intensity, vigor, commitment, his uncomplacent integrity, vigor, commitment, his uncomplacent integrity were devoted to fairness, clarity, understanding and humaneness. This is what made him so superb a teacher. The white heat of his mind and heart was at the service of nothing else than light...
Although Kennedy had hinted long before the death of Mary Jo that he might not run in 1972, no one took his privately expressed doubts very seriously. Aside from his name, vigor, personal attractiveness and political aggressiveness, Kennedy also seemed the leader best equipped to unite his party's major factions. He is probably the only Democrat of national stature who has both a strong following among blacks and young people and firm ties with many Old-Politics professionals. He has become an increasingly articulate spokesman on major issues, most recently...
...hostile environment, the Kalahari Bushmen find enough to eat with less effort than most civilized peoples. Anthropologist Lee estimates that the Bushman's daily diet averages 2,140 calories and 93.1 grams (3.26 oz.) of protein-well in excess of the estimated daily allowance for people of their vigor and size (1,975 calories, 60 grams of protein). The Bushmen have about the same proportion of people over 60 in their society as are found in Western nations...