Word: vigorously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...brief, a reflection of the popular conception of operatic stars. One of the most pleasing phases of the entertainment is the manner in which the star renders the songs which are requisite for the creation of the musical atmosphere. Second in merit stands Francis Compton who depicted with vigor the role of the fatuous finance...
...around-man' of college novels is perhaps a bit distrusted," "Professor Brinton states. "What are known as 'activities' may help, but are not essential. The requirement of 'physical vigor' does not necessarily include playing on a team...
Advertisements in cheap, pornographic ("love" and "art") magazines conform to the standard of their fiction and illustrations but often fall a step lower. Pages are packed with announcements of "red hot" photographs, vigor tablets ("Glow of Life"), bust developers, sex secrets, aphrodisiacs ("Essence of Ecstasy"), contraceptives. Plentiful also are the advertisements of so-called matrimonial bureaus which will furnish lists of lonely men & women, object matrimony. Stressed in the advertisements, prominent on the lists are Wealthy Widows. Sample advertisements...
...where oil is the basis of most wealth, Olde Brother Earle came to know the petroleum business as well as his own. While Brother Harry was packing pills in the Washington jail, he carried on, the company prospered. He still administers many of the company's affairs with vigor while Brother Harry travels, negotiates, tries to build his career's monument...
...sinking funds and amortization charges, the paper should earn at least $1,450,000 a year. Last year the corporation (including the building and radio station WMAQ) earned $989,002.* But if the financial burdens of the News increased during Publisher Strong's regime, so did its editorial vigor. The paper lost none of its integrity or decency, but did become much brighter than in the days of the ultra-conservative Lawson. Horse race results, forbidden by Publisher Lawson, blossomed on the front page. A mid-week magazine, edited by dapper, energetic Charles Robert Douglas Hardy Andrews, was added...