Word: vigorousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with tragedy--when the down-at-the-heel band of players doubles as Denmark's familiar royal family. The troup's leader (Kevin Jennings) confronts the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with a one-upmanship that never flags. As both the king and the head Player. Jennings plays with vigor and consistency the role of crafty manipulator, impressing upon the audience Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's powerlessness to control their fate...
...vigor of the country's political system is apparent in the enthusiasm with which six parties have already embarked on a campaign for national elections in August. Nigeria's infant democracy, however, faces a major test as President Shehu Shagari tries to renew his mandate at a time when the country struggles with a deepening economic crisis prompted by the decline in oil revenues. The seriousness of the situation became evident in January when the government expelled more than a million foreign workers, mostly Ghanaians, in order to ease growing unemployment among Nigerians...
...only course of action open to me was to become a man, to make a panicky retreat from feminity. Considering my previous futile efforts in this direction, it was hard to have much faith in this scheme; but I attacked it with a vigor born of desperation. I had to make it work...
...applaud the vigor and depth of Kissinger's arms control proposal [March 21]: his approach in which the U.S. should unilaterally implement a plan of its own even if the Soviet Union does not go along makes the U.S. the leader rather than the follower. More important, it shows the world that this country is committed to world peace...
...prospect made it incumbent on the U.S. to take a new line in the Geneva talks. The allies strongly made the case for an interim solution to Vice President George Bush when Reagan sent him to Europe in February to sound out opinion, and Bush argued it with equal vigor at the White House when he returned. The Administration then decided to wait until after the West German elections of March 6. Once those elections had confirmed in power the pro-American government of Christian Democratic Chancellor Helmut Kohl, an interagency group under Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Dam started...