Word: vigorousness
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...while a more image-conscious pol might have pasted on a wider smile, or shaken Gore's hand with more vigor, Bradley's not that kind of guy, and he isn't about to start playing the game now. His speech meandered through a checklist of old-school Democratic mantras (funding social programs, ending discrimination) before it arrived on Gore's doorstep with a deafening thump. "I want to make it clear," he intoned, in case there was any confusion as to why he was standing there, "that I endorse Al Gore for president of the United States...
...innate strength of the U.S. economy and the vigor of American productivity ought to prevent that circle from starting, and keep the dollar at least relatively strong for a long time to come. But as the dollar pessimists of 1998 have discovered, exchange markets are so volatile that any prediction at all about what they may do should be made with crossed fingers and accompanied by repeated knocks on wood...
...seems like a no-brainer: Bacteria are evil and must be destroyed. And Americans have taken to the hunt with vigor, employing a dizzying array of "anti-bacterial" soap, cleansers and lotions in a desperate attempt to rid their environment of each and every last microbe. Unfortunately, say doctors, that vigilance could yield disastrous effects. In a move that sent the brass of the world's major soap companies running to their executive bathrooms, the American Medical Association announced Wednesday that they'd like to see the Food and Drug Administration step in and regulate anti-microbial agents in consumer...
...exercise of their franchise, boomers will yank the reins of society out of the hands of their children. In every other sphere, we may be every bit as faded as a poster from the original Woodstock. But here, in one final effort to forestall Boomerdammerung, we will summon the vigor to plant our solipsistic flagpole, piercing the heart of the larger society...
According to David C. Casey, a Boston lawyer with Bingham Dana who Harvard often hires to help with its defenses, this vigor in arguing its case does not prevent Harvard from attempting to settle lawsuits...