Word: strenuousness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...assistant. All these penances are recorded with great care on video tape and Polaroid film by other assistants, as the deeds of Ramachandra were recorded in the Ramayana. It was explained to me that since most cultured Americans do nothing more strenuous than a little bluefishing from a boat purchased with their last foundation grant, they prize something called "gratuitous risk," provided some other artist is taking...
...present economic troubles stem directly from policy mistakes of both the Nixon and Ford Administrations. The biggest miscalculation, in the Board's view, was the persistent pursuit of overly restrictive anti-inflation programs. In this, Treasury Secretary William Simon gets most of the blame for his strenuous emphasis on budget balancing. On monetary policy, the Fed is given low marks for its stingy money policies through much of the year. Says IBM's David Grove: "Underlying the Administration's policy was a judgment that it was overridingly important to get inflation under control, and it was prepared...
...likes riding on the back of his bike, affording a more than generous view of her bikini underwear, or wearing dresses with the kind of breakaway neckline generally favored by nursing mothers. He enjoys poking his mother-in-law in her prosthetic breast, or subjecting his wife to strenuous bouts of copulation...
Press Secretary Ron Nessen's face shone brightly the day he took over the White House briefings and announced, "I'm a Ron, but not a Ziegler." But after 2% strenuous months and an exhausting presidential jaunt to Asia, an exasperated Nessen was displaying Ziegler-like ways, including rare press conferences, sour exchanges with reporters and bombastic language inflating the achievements of his boss. The White House press was beginning to wonder out loud, "How long can Nessen last?" Then, last week, Nessen admitted his errors and promised to improve...
...Federal Energy Administration, was made public. The report lays out supply and demand choices from which Government policymakers might choose. The study is cautious about the potential of alternative energy sources. But it argues that by exploiting both these sources and domestic oil reserves and by adopting a strenuous, mandatory conservation program, the nation can cut its total annual growth in energy use from the 4% to 5% rate of recent years to as low as 2% by 1985. Among the conservation options: federal standards for energy use in cars and buildings, expansion of public transport and an enforced shift...