Word: vigorously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though the price rises have squeezed people living on pensions or subsisting in marginal jobs, European incomes generally are still rising faster than living costs. Consequently, several European governments are talking a stern fight against inflation, but their actions have usually shown more caution than vigor. In Switzerland, for example, a so-called price czar empowered to order rollbacks has acted just once since his appointment in January...
...then, did Activist-Ecumenist Blake lose? Because another candidate, Clinton Marsh, won. In contrast to Blake's understated style, Marsh's answers to questions rang with vigor and charisma...
...stood erect for two hours while taking the salute at a Madrid parade marking the 34th anniversary of his Civil War victory. He then went off on one of his routine fishing trips and even attended a bullfight. But late in the week, after that impressive display of either vigor or iron will, Franco announced that he was stepping down as President and head of government. His successor: crusty, authoritarian Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, 70. It was far from a total retirement, since Franco remains chief of state (the nation's highest post) and head of the armed forces...
...family on the slopes of Storm King Mountain and Dr. Stillman's own use of the forest make clear that his broad intention was to preserve the area in its condition of natural beauty," its letter said. "The proper role of Harvard is to oppose with full vigor the construction of a pumped storage generating plant on Storm King Mountain...
Peter Bogdanovich is a film maker with talent enough to make anyone regret what he does not do with it. Targets (1968), like most first films, was rough and not fully assimilated, but for all its crudity it had a vigor and invention that Bogdanovich has not approached since. Its long climactic scene, involving a schizophrenic sniper picking off the patrons of a drive-in theater, was made with the kind of virtuosity that promised an audacious new director. With each subsequent film, the memory of Targets-as well as its promise-grows dimmer...