Word: vigor
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...women, as well as to slivovitz and strong cigars. Von Karman never married. He lived with his sister Josephine (Pipo), who managed much of his personal life until she died in 1951. Intimates expected the shock of her loss to kill him, but he continued his work with undiminished vigor. By his casual count, he had earned 24 honorary degrees, 10 decorations. 32 awards, and belonged to 33 scientific societies. Last week, while visiting Aachen, the city where he made his mark in the Kaiser's Germany, the old professor died of a heart attack...
Rigor Versus Vigor...
...area of international affairs the triumph of the hard line in Cubs sapped the vigor of much of the leftwing. For all students, continuing crises and problems with no apparent solutions have drained away emotional commitment. One can only follow Laos so long, and be upset about it so long. And if it is not Laos it is Viet Nam, or Berlin. People have retreated a bit further into their own lives when confronted with a world which apparently operates without them, and beyond their influence...
...three young winners were all foreigners, and each conducted in a distinctive style-The Athlete, The Professor. The Sailor. They were the prize trophies of the most elaborate conductor-hunt ever staged, and when they closed the second Dimitri Mitropoulos International Music Competition at Carnegie Hall last week, the vigor and variety of their art made the contest's logarithmic complexity seem thoroughly worthwhile...
...Andre Emmerich Gallery. Ferber's iron sculptures are not always comfortable to look at: they often bare aggressive fangs, as if defying the viewer to come close, let alone to touch them. At times, their restlessness seems rather fretful; but at their best, they are full of hurtling vigor...