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...likely to be remembered longer: "Youth is not entirely a time of life-it is a state of mind. It is not wholly a matter of ripe cheeks, red lips or supple knees. It is a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions... Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals...You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your...
...credit available on liberal terms, states and localities carried out large construction programs, and export demand remained strong." To keep things that way in the future, Ike continued to preach optimism, pointing anew at the presence of prosperity's ingredients-population growth, business initiative, technological advance, etc. "The vigor of the recent recovery," he said, "suggests that economic expansion will probably continue during coming months." Study of History. But the economy requires constant watching, and the President cautiously pointed to some of the things that both the Government and the public should watch. Items: ¶ The stock market...
...sincerity, considering that his line of work involves mulcting the public. Unfortunately, Mr. Jourdan tends toward stiffness. Perhaps it is his incomplete command of the more subtle inflections of English, but in any event, it is not too serious. Felicia Montalegre plays a female lion-tamer with a vigor and grace that fail only when the excitement or anguish of her lines forces her to plunge through them. In smaller roles, Theodore Bikel, Alexander Scourby and Rita Vale are probably the show's brightest actors, with the rest of the cast not far behind...
...arrests are another indication of renewed vigor by Premier Mario Scelba's administration. One hundred former Fascist buildings grabbed by the Communists at war's end have now been recovered. Last week the government approved a new supervisor for Bologna's huge, Communist-run cooperative, which had been operating hotels, restaurants and bars for the Reds' profit. The government also began an investigation of financial shenanigans in Turin's Red-run cooperative...
Brahms's monumental symphonic output, played with Old World warmth and New World vigor...