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That sober view of the limitations of power and authority is far removed from Kennedy's campaign oratory, which often seemed to suggest that any problem could be solved if only enough vim and vigor were brought to bear on it. Kennedy promised a "New Frontier" to "get America moving again." He soon found that it was tough enough just to keep the old problems from getting out of hand...
...Cummins engines when they order from the truck manufacturers (who would understandably prefer to install their own engines). In response to truckers' demands, most of the major truckmakers-White, Mack, International Harvester and Ford-are readying chassis to accommodate the Vine and its smaller stablemate, the V6-2OO Vim...
...believe during the campaign that Mr. Kennedy did not believe in the President's taking too many vacations. I think he has had more vacations in a short period of time than Ike had, and he is almost 30 years younger. What happened to all of that vim and vigor...
...year-old Arthur Knapp Jr., a Manhattan stockbroker who has won more ocean races than he can remember, skippered the America's Cup candidate Weatherly two years ago. In the dinghy next him may be George Hinman, commodore of the New York Yacht Club; Bus Mosbacher, helmsman of Vim and one of sailing's best young skippers; or Cornelius ("Glit") Shields Jr., whose celebrated sailor father suffered a heart attack while frostbiting at the age of 61 four years ago. Fact is, sailing a dinghy is probably even trickier than sailing a twelve-meter, and a greater test...
...famed for setting up a sailmaking business at the age of 22. He developed and wove his own brand of tough fabric from Dacron, which proved so successful that last year he supplied some sails for all four America's Cup candidates, and was a member of Vim's afterguard in the Cup trials...