This spectacular but indecisive action put him at the height of his fortunes and made him a leading advocate of a more vigorous strategy against Spain.
A1 The South African government, bowing to regional and international clamor for a more vigorous attack against the AIDS epidemic, changed its stand on providing drugs to combat the virus, saying it would develop a plan to offer them to infected people through its public health system by Oct. 1.
The archbishop of Canterbury, Simon of Sudbury, was murdered in the revolt, and his successor, William Courtenay (1347 96), a more vigorous man, moved against Wycliffe.
But at the same time, a far more vigorous sanctions policy against Iran's nuclear program has gone into effect on Mr. Obama's watch, with Europe agreeing to impose an oil embargo on Iran, a step that was unthinkable as recently as four years ago.
He accepted her Protestantism, but in foreign affairs he sided with the more vigorous anti-Spanish forces against the cautious policies of her principal secretary, William Cecil, Lord Burghley.
Ms. Ramírez, 49, had embarked on an aggressive plan to improve oversight of military procurement contracts, long an area of corruption, and to push the army to become more vigorous in the fight against Marxist rebels and right-wing paramilitary fighters.
Paradoxically, he might get a better result against a more vigorous "no" campaign, which would give his party something to rail against and would help stir up interest.
Ms. White's approach could well signal more vigorous enforcement by the S.E.C. against companies found to have violated the law by requiring extensive changes in their operations in addition to the usual financial penalties.
But overall, by pitching companies in previously distinct industries against each other, convergence will result in more vigorous competition.
Doing yoga may be a good way to protect against heart disease, particularly if you cannot do more vigorous exercise, research suggests.
