Word: vigor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Suffering and losses may be eased this time because the Federal Emergency Management Agency is moving with uncharacteristic speed and vigor. From its creation 14 years ago right through Hurricane Andrew in Florida last summer, FEMA built a reputation for bumble-footed sluggishness. Democratic Senator Ernest Hollings once called its officials "the sorriest bunch of bureaucratic jackasses." Under a new administrator, James Lee Witt, however, FEMA has moved quickly to set up offices in at least eight flooded states. Regional staffs actually went into some areas before flooding became serious to help state officials apply for disaster assistance. Witt...
...there is always Venice itself; one can leave the Biennale, visit the Accademia or St. Zanipolo and find relief from the stale and mannered exhaustion of the New in the perpetual freshness and vigor...
Emanating vigor, promise, and--of course--Hope, Candidate Clinton spoke stirringly of a foreign policy structured around humanitarian ideals. But for Haiti, President Clinton's bold new foreign policy is little more than old policy with new excuses...
...sequence echo the vibrance of the dancing itself. The fervid tangos and airy waltzes of Ludwig Minkus' original 19th century score capture the colorful folk mood of Old World Spain. Assistant Director Anna-Marie Holmes' staging is for the most part fast-paced and engaging, but sometimes lacks the vigor necessary to maintain the intensity of this three-act, two-and-one-half hour show...
From the flight of two young lovers against the odds to old Don Quixote's follied pursuit, this ballet attests to the power of imagination and efficacy of idealism. At once an evening of high drama, rollicking comedy and lusty Spanish romance, "Don Quixote" has more excitement and vigor than you would ever expect from a ballet...