Word: vigorously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...period was "distinguished by its pleasurable fancy and exuberant color." Some of the public buildings, e.g., Philadelphia's City Hall, were not in good taste, "but they had something more important-CHARACTER." As for the houses, they provided more comfort, light and air, and certainly had more vigor and imagination than the thin, nakedly simple, conformist boxes of today. "The broken 'picturesque' exterior made the most of the effect of sunlight, shade and foliage. These are good houses to walk around, to view at different times of day and year...
Personality & Private Life: Sternly handsome, imposing in stature, personally charming, with pale blue eyes and a face that cartoonists can catch in a few lines. Approaches tasks with fierce vigor. Wears country lawyer suits, prefers milk to martinis. After death of first wife in 1951. married attractive, capable Olive Freeman Palmer. A thunderous, fire-snorting orator, during the campaign he spoke with evangelistic fervor even when there were no more than a dozen people listening. Major interests: work, an occasional fishing trip alone, and the Baptist Church, in which he is a leading layman...
...academic year, the Annex governing board recommended joint exams but the students' over-whelming vote against it caused the proposal to be dropped. In her annual report for that year, Mildred P. Sherman, then Dean of the College, wrote: "Seldom has such articulate vigor been displayed at Radcliffe as when the students fought for their honor system and their independence...
...M.R.P." Like most Alsatians, he is solidly pro-European. Along with several other Catholics, he recently protested French atrocities in Algeria. His success in forming a government depends on whether the Socialists decide to participate on his terms, which he summarized: "The nation must accept a regime of vigor and discipline...
...appeal to vigor and discipline falls on unhearing ears in a prosperous-looking France, where cars and motorscooters jam the streets and highways, and tables groan under good food and drink. Yet for all the look of health, the French treasury is empty. Last week the government borrowed another 80 billion francs from the Bank of France to meet the weekly payroll. The country's foreign-trade balance was unfavorable by 221 billion francs during the first four months of 1957. A billion dollars earned by French exports in better days has been dissipated during the past 18 months...