vigorous

• “Since his appointment last month, Mr. Abrams directed a legal staff of five to conduct what he described as a "vigorous review" of the campaign's fund-raising practices since December 2010.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Abrams Resigns From Liu Inquiry

• “The Secretary had promised what he called a vigorous debate, which sounded like it would still be conducted at fairly high volume.”

  CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2003

• “The increasing repelling power of the accelerated motion of the wheel may serve as an illustration of that which we call vigorous vibration, good vitality, natural immunity or recuperative power.”

  Nature Cure

• “Public opinion in March, 1861, was so unsettled, the popular mind so impressible, that a spirit of discontent soon began to spread over the loyal States on the part of those who had hoped for what they termed a vigorous administration.”

  Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2) From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860

• “A campmate who went inside an orgy tent told me he saw two men near him engaged in what he termed vigorous, unprotected sex.”

  Slate Magazine

• “In recognition of what it called a vigorous campaign, Town Hall Seattle will also get $125,000.”

  KUOW 94.9 Puget Sound Public Radio

• “I came to something like: Drama (and comedy) is active risk and choice, people doing things of consequence to an end, character in vigorous crisis questing for balance.”

  The Huffington Post: Lauren Gunderson: Theater of the Every Day Epic

• “The study, which tracked 3,369 European men between the ages of 40 and 79, also showed that low testosterone was only somewhat related to such physical and psychological problems as an inability to engage in vigorous activity, sadness and fatigue.”

  The Washington Post: Drug firms and doctors tout treatments for 'male menopause'; others are cautious

• “As a postdoc, I wanted to be able to bounce ideas off my mentor and engage in vigorous discussions/arguments about the science ... which is what I had with my younger, then-untenured, associate prof mentor (he's now a tenured, full-prof).”

  Variety is the Spice of Life

• “The beginnings of that alienation come simply from being a male candidate engaging in vigorous debate with a woman -- New York Senate candidate Rick Lazio learned this lesson back in the 2000 election, when his pushiness in debates against Hillary Clinton was perceived as creepy and sexist, and wound up hurting him.”

  The Washington Post: The Dynamics of Buck's "Woman Problem"

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