And while he appeared relaxed, posing for photographs with volunteers, waving a Jamaican flag, and even vigorously joining a Mexican wave, his entourage quickly called for security when he was approached by journalists for a comment.
Trout Brook, a seven-year-old microbrewery whose 2,400 half-kegs of beer a year are branded under the Thomas Hooker label, like the award-winning Blonde Ale, is vigorously joining the pro-growler fight.
At the same time, the bishop joined vigorously in condemning "the contraceptive mentality" supposedly behind the growing campaign to end the prohibition of the sale of contraceptives in the republic.
That makes Abrams just the person to plug the newest ready-made pre-fab blocks of quasi-Biblical legend into the template left by Lucas, and Abrams does so with a vigorously responsible enthusiasm joined with a palpable wonder at his contact with the venerated text.
Aides say he had to be vigorously persuaded to join the ticket of the governor in his native state, Bayelsa, in the late 1990s.
Civil disturbances occurring during an outbreak of cholera in 1837 were vigorously suppressed, and, when in 1848 Catania joined the other cities of the island in claiming autonomy for Sicily, this movement was also put down by force.
Die Weltwoche (The World Week, a Swiss weekly) was launched in 1933, and was sympathetic to Nazi Germany's government early on - but soon joined other Swiss media in vigorously opposing it.
Many began vigorously, starting research groups, joining select committees and blogging and tweeting like anything.
"Let's not forget that the CBI campaigned vigorously for us to join the euro and has also received hundreds of thousands of pounds from Brussels," it adds.
A highly respected interfaith educator, Almontaser was hounded by the crackpot anti-Muslim right, with Hikind joining in vigorously.
