Word: vigour
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...widely heralded Princeton zone defense was completely shattered by the cool and accurate passing of the Harvard team, and when the Tiger five succeeded in running the ball down the court, their attack was checked with such vigour as to frequently leave several players sprawling on the floor. Struck and McGowan were especially effective in breaking up plays right under the basket...
Here was a test of strength, a sign of returning vigour in the American masses, so the reactionaries, quick to quench spiritual fires wherever beginning to blaze, set to work. Mayor LaGuardia, already having flown his true colors as a traitor to the masses in the purge of Marcantonio, issued a few proclamations regarding Public Health, and tried to arrange parleys for peace, where naturally intelligence has an unfair advantage. All to delude the elevator boys to return to their Hell of button-pushing and servility...
...addition to fine old standbys which include the magnificence of a Bach cantata and the vigour of English sea chanties, there are to be sung two new compositions, one by Igor Markevitch, and the other by Randall Thompson '20. Markevitch is a young Russian now resident in Paris whose only vocal work, the "Cantate", is to be performed in part by the Glee Club. The other modernist, Randall Thompson, is a Harvard graduate and recent lecturer in these parts, whose latest composition, "The Peaceable Kingdom", in receiving its initial performance by the joint chorus on Tuesday evening...
Harvard has already taken the first steps which lead along these paths. The small effort required to reach the goal would be more than repaid by the increased vigour and achievement of those men who graduate from College only to spend several more years in post-graduate study...
...complaining small talk of a third rate variety. This hand-flapping oh-dear, oh-dear attitude of regarding a congested corner is not only obsolete and impractical, but even sissy. By compulsory exercise regulations every undergraduate has become somewhat of an athlete. We are a community of youth. The vigour of a well-played game may be experienced as one deftly dodges the cars in the Square. The odds are highly in favor of the runner. With the exception of taxis and the Coop truck any car can be brought to a dead stop by a calm but firm walk...