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...SAME TIME, though, another major factor in the quality of house life is the vigor of the committee in pursuing less expensive activities...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: Poor Little Rich House | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

...frankly, I'm embarrassed. How can we expect an eager science student to head out for his day at the labs with the requisite vim and vigor when he leaves his breakfast in the dining hall in the morning feeling unsatisfied, incompetent, unsure of his ability to function meaningfully in his society...

Author: By Barne C. Ellis, | Title: Charred Mornings | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

Wilkinson has to rely on snippets like this and bombard the reader with 16-page quotations that lose their vigor as the ink dries on the page. I want to see the Garland Bunting that told David Letterman he wasn't concerned that his livelihood as an undercover agent was threatened by an appearance on national television. No, after all these years, Bunting told Letterman that after more than 30 years of law enforcement, a little national exposure might add a little challenge and make his conniving games more interesting...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Melts in the Hand, Not in the Mouth | 10/31/1985 | See Source »

...arms control and the upcoming Geneva summit. They will surely create a security nightmare for the thousands of U.S. Secret Service men and police arrayed to protect them, as well as tie up Manhattan traffic with their motorcades. Less certain is whether they can breathe new purpose and vigor into an institution that many observers believe is slowly slipping into polarized irrelevance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.N.'s Mid-Life Crisis | 10/28/1985 | See Source »

...population with vested interests in the issue. It is a reassuring sign for feminism that both the Women's Alliance Against Pornography, which is sponsoring the local referendum, and the New Yorkbased Feminist Anti-Censorship Task Force (F.A.C.T.) were on hand to pamphlet the conferences with equal vigor...

Author: By Hein Kim, | Title: Porn a Cause for Expression, Not War | 10/8/1985 | See Source »

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