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• r  with vigor; in a vigorous manner
  he defended his ideas vigorously

• One-time leader of the opposition, Kim Dae Jung spoke out vigorously against the dictatorship that ruled South Korea from the 1960s to the 1980s, nearly pulling off an upset .
• After Panetta vigorously worked to desegregate Southern schools, to the chagrin of Nixon administration officials such as Vice President Spiro Agnew, he was forced to resign from .
• He said that the term vigorously was, quite understandably, interpreted in that bristling military context.

• smartly

News & Articles

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• MPs' report criticises Google's tax affairs
  By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - MPs described Google's tax affairs as "contrived" in a report released on Thursday and called on the UK tax authority to vigorously investigate whether the company was acting within the law. The parliamentary investigation was prompted by a Reuters report, which showed the company employed staff in sales roles in London, even though it had told MPs in November ...
  June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• NSA director: Programs disrupted dozens of attacks
  The director of the National Security Agency vigorously defended once-secret surveillance programs as an effective tool in keeping America safe, telling Congress on Wednesday that the information collected ...
  June 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Charlotte City Council votes to ‘vigorously’ oppose airport transfer
  The Charlotte City Council voted 10-0 late Monday to “vigorously resist any outside, unilateral” efforts to transfer Charlotte Douglas International Airport from city control to an independent authority, suggesting a potential lawsuit.
  June 11, 2013 - The Charlotte Observer

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in ABC News
  While I'm not spoiling for a fight, I'm ready for one. The most important thing we can do to put this era of irresponsibility in the past is to take responsibility now,Obama said. "What I will not accept - what I will vigorously oppose -...
• Louis Gallois in FOXNews
  Even if tomorrow Airbus will get back to the business of competing vigorously, today is Boeing's day - a day to celebrate the 787,Airbus co-CEO Louis Gallois said in a letter to McNerney.
• Tzipi Livni in FOXNews
  Israel is a country that reacts vigorously when its citizens are fired up, which is a good thing,Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Israel Radio on Monday. "That is something that Hamas now understands and that is how we are going to react...