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That awesome vigor -- the tireless Marty even writes his books at a Morrow word processor while standing up -- is clearly evidenced in his daily schedule. The best-known and most solicited religion scholar working the lecture circuit, he daily receives half a dozen invitations to talk, and schedules one out-of-town appearance a week. He preaches at least once a month in various houses of worship, mainly in the area around suburban Riverside, Ill., where he lives with his second wife Harriet, a voice coach. Ever quotable, he is constantly sought by reporters looking for quick bursts of wisdom...
...Newsman Douglas Kiker uses Cape Cod in winter as the setting for Murder on Clam Pond (Random House; 228 pages; $15.95), in which a broken-down former newspaper reporter finds a new hometown, renewed professional vigor and the love of a much younger woman, all through probing the murder of his next-door neighbor. What lifts the book above the ordinary is a detailed and subtle portrait of the dark side of charity: the victim is the richest woman in town, and the chief suspects are a group of bright young adults whom she singled out for her largesse...
...Research by the finance committee revealed that the speaker was no longer living," Eisai said. "They decided to reject the grant on that basis." Eisai promises that this year's grants committee will scrutinize requests for funding with equal vigor...
...Wise Men encompasses this center of influence with vigor and style. Walter Isaacson, the Nation editor of TIME, and Evan Thomas, Washington bureau chief for Newsweek, rely heavily on anecdotes and quotations to convey the nuances of personality and politics. Harriman, son of an American robber baron, was hampered by mumbled diction and a seeming inattention to details. Lovett, who would serve as Secretary of Defense, was a childhood friend of % Harriman's. Acheson, Secretary of State from 1949 to 1953, was more responsible for the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine than the general and President whose names...
...believe David Sanders did a lot of work for the 350th celebration, and he has the backing of our news staff. He brings many strengths and the vigor of youth," said Deane W. Lord, director of information at the news office...