Word: arduous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...excuse for deposing him would be that he ought not to have the double business of presiding all the time? as he now must since there is no Vice President?and of carrying on the arduous duties of Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee. He could very well resign the latter post, except that then Senator La Follette would get that post by seniority?a dangerous eventuality for the regulars...
...Harding's final illness was undoubtedly brought on by his strenuous exertions on the last few day of his trip, especially his arduous day at Seattle after landing from his Alaskan journey. Indirectly his death at this time may undoubtedly be traced to excessive work which fell to his lot as President. His death, following the severe illness of President Wilson produced by the same cause, has led to many suggestions that the duties of the Presidency be divided so that they should not fall with their full heaviness upon...
...Significance. The Book of My Youth is a vivid and sincere picture of the arduous and unflinching struggle toward maturity of a powerful and independent personality. For the most part it may be fairly said to lack the charm and grace with which Anatole France, for instance, recounts his early years?the manner is solid rather than suave?much of the description, were it written of a fictitious character, would lack the fortuitous interest it attains from its concern with Sudermann himself...
...season with a dividend which would just about buy each of them three pounds of butter or half a pair of shoes. The players have their crafts; they make enough pottery and carve enough wood to keep body and soul together under ordinary circumstances. But during the long and arduous season of training through which they must go to produce the play, the baying of the wolf grows louder and louder. In order to continue to give the play, in fulfillment of their vow made over three hundred years ago, they must resort to drastic measures. And so they...
...stormy petrel from Wisconsin has issued a stinging rejoinder. " The investigation was ordered by the Senate," he said. "It covered a period of many months of arduous labor. . . . The report has been published, and the testimony, which fully sustains the report, will be open to the public as soon as the printing is completed. They will be found upon examination to require neither explanation nor defense...