In the late 1980s George Kelling, a former probation officer who now works at Rutgers University, initiated what became a vigorous campaign to remove graffiti from New York City's subway system, which was followed by a reduction in petty crime.
"This really fills an enormous void, and it shows what a strong and vigorous artists' colony we still have here," Mr. Klein said.
Not all the songs sparkle – The Dying of the Light is dull, and his decision to play the Oasis album track Digsy's Diner seems not so much perverse as inexplicable – but AKA... What a Life! is vigorous and there's a touching, horn-enhanced version of Oasis's Fade Away.
In the meantime, this work is going forward at what is evidently a vigorous pace.
What happened was a vigorous demonstration of why the Nets' ascension to Eastern Conference supremacy was no accident.
In it, he made what amounted to a vigorous defense of Justices Clarence Thomas and Elena Kagan, who are facing calls to disqualify themselves from hearing the health care case, which will be argued over three days in late March.
More important, Mr. McCain is more likely than any of his rivals to offer conservatives what they want: a vigorous pursuit of the fight against terrorism, the appointment of conservative judges, retrenchment and reform of government.
Page has the unfortunate habit of over-characterizing some of the voices, and he makes Knightley sound too old — imposing, certainly, but almost crusty, as if Knightley were a retiring country gentleman of sixty rather than what he is, a vigorous young man of thirty-seven.
Describing the dynamic of what should be a vigorous discussion over property taxes in the coming weeks, Mr. Greenwald boiled it down to this: "The reality is, I think, that the treasurer has made a recommendation, and the ball is in our court now".
