Word: vigorously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Truman and Generalissimo Stalin, he said, should meet in the nude to talk things over-in a cave, or a holy city like Benares. The conference, said Gir, should be held in an atmosphere of "I have nothing to hide from you." Added Gir: "If the gentlemen have the vigor to accompany me, I will gladly lead them to an excellent cave...
...Revolutionary France had been as deep as most 19th Century historians said it was, France's problem would not have arisen. The truth was that the Revolution was made against one of the most successful social structures the world ever saw, still near the height of its vigor at the moment it was attacked. Only the most powerful revolutionary drive could have breached that structure, only the massive vigor of the pre-Revolutionary French tradition could have survived that revolutionary thrust...
...associate Professor of Philosophy, accepted only part of the ideas now being discussed. "The study of religion, through courses, is an important part of the social sciences and the humanities, but just as I believe in a principle of separation of church and state, I believe with equal vigor in the separation of church and school...
...Ireland that ran more to liquor than to leprechauns, The King of Friday's Men has some of the old Irish gift of words, while Dowd has some of the mighty human dimensions of folklore. And Actor Macken, who first played the part at the Abbey, brings real vigor to it, and the smack and caress of Irish speech. But the play's snatches of racy prose do not offset its stretches of lumpish playwriting. Too often both untidy and oldfashioned, it closed after four performances...
...word "love" runs like a refrain through Bouche's conversation; it is implicit in his art. Humility shapes his art, too. The fact that he can never match the overflowing vigor of a Rubens or a Picasso does not bother him. He is content with painting quiet, tender little pictures as beautifully...