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...several provincial Governments which had dallied at commandeering rice crops and stocks, and distributing them to the hungry. Lord Wavell has the power to do so for all of India, and the Central Government has already threatened to override dilatory provincial authorities if necessary. But, even with the utmost vigor on his part, a solution will be difficult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Wavell and the Golden Throne | 11/1/1943 | See Source »

...fighting and the politicians will begin. Perhaps this is rather a pity, but at any rate it is not so bad as the example of some countries, which I would not venture to name, where the soldiers are fighting abroad and the politicians are fighting at home with equal vigor and ferocity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Churchill Speaks Up | 10/25/1943 | See Source »

...Coast Guard Band will begin the service at 6:45 with a 15-minute prelude. Numbers will include "Vigor in Aidius" with a baritone solo by James Joyce and Handel's "Largo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MATHER TO SPEAK IN DIVINE SERVICE | 10/8/1943 | See Source »

...prepared to place large armies in Italy and to deploy a wide, active fighting front against the enemy . . . and to maintain the offensive . . . with increasing weight and vigor, if need be throughout the autumn and winter and beyond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Amazing and Fearful | 10/4/1943 | See Source »

...ours, the youngest class to enter Communications School, has the resiliency of youth to carry it through the necessary adjustment. What the beefing lacked in experience was replaced in force and vigor...

Author: By Ens. STIMSON Bullitt, | Title: THE HARVARD SCUTTLEBUTT | 9/10/1943 | See Source »

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