Word: vigorousness
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...high schools and colleges. However far removed this is sue may seem from the crisis of the mo ment in the Persian Gulf or Eastern Europe, the ability of the U.S. to deal with those regions ten or 20 years from now will depend hi part on the vigor of Arabic and Slavic studies around the country. A presidential commission correctly concluded hi 1979 that "American incompetence in foreign languages is nothing short of scandal ous and it is becoming worse." One so bering example: when a Soviet soldier hi Afghanistan briefly sought asylum at the U.S. embassy hi Kabul...
...year-old leader, François Mitterrand, the party's official standardbearer, thus launching Mitterrand's third bid for the Elysée. Not to be outdone, Communist Leader Georges Marchais, 60, who has presidential ambitions of his own, lashed out at Giscard and Mitterrand with equal vigor...
...certain amount of vigor is required to get through the Houston-based company's long days; counting time for travel, set assembling and performances, the crew can work as many as 20 hours on a day when the main company is on the road. And it will be traveling for twelve weeks of this 36-week season, in which TOT is scheduled to give 233 performances in 57 cities, towns and hamlets. A tolerance for long bus rides and fast-food joints is also helpful. Yes, TOT members should have a deep love of opera. But they also must...
...distinguished living sculptors. By right, the grande dame of American art is Georgia O'Keeffe, 13 years Nevelson's senior; but O'Keeffe is reported to be almost blind and unable to paint any longer. Not so Nevelson, who sails into her ninth decade with undiminished vigor. The year 1980 brought her a load of work, commissions and exhibitions heavy enough to floor an artist half her age. It was her big year. In its wake, some 20 of her giant steel sculptures-scaled up from Nevelson's maquettes by the Lippincott works in North Haven...
BRITAIN. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher shows no signs of wavering in her campaign to restore Britain's economic vigor through a tough policy of controlling the growth of money. Though the British G.N.P. declined by 5.5% in 1980, Economist Samuel Brittan of the Financial Times of London expects four more quarters of recession and another 1% drop in national output in 1981. Unemployment, which is currently 8.7%, Britain's highest since the Great Depression, may hit 11.5% by year's end. Says Brittan: "We have been carrying millions of unemployed on the books of firms up until...