Word: arduous
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Dorm crew workers—toting buckets, mops, and brooms—are charged with the arduous task of cleaning every single room on campus in just a few short weeks. So how exactly does this happen? On Friday, May 2, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., we documented the start-to-finish cleaning of Holworthy 16. Watch this time-lapse video to see how it happened...
...These changes essentially represent a compromise between the Senate and House bills. But for them to become law, the Senate would have to pass them separately after the House under a process known as reconciliation, which requires only a simple majority of 51 senators. Still, reconciliation can be procedurally arduous and Senate Republicans plan to use parliamentary rules to try to delay or stop the House package from being passed. Without this, the Senate bill itself - with its sweetheart deals and unadjusted tax on high-value insurance plans, for example - would stand...
...President has brought some of his current travails on himself, of course, and in some cases failed to head off the harsh squalls that have made this final stage so arduous. Most important, the President long ago lost control of the message behind his drive for health care. Now, as far as a wary and weary American public is concerned, Obama's health care endeavor means messy legislative wrangling and a frightening increase in government spending rather than necessary and overdue improvements to a system defined by inefficiency and rising costs. (See pictures from the front lines of the health...
This past weekend we repeated the arduous journey upstate, and though hopes were high, my lodgings remained humble...
...Nyamekye does manage to secure a spot on the roster (and doesn’t jet off for Scotland permanently, where he received a trial with Rangers FC), he faces another arduous battle to receive playing time at the center-back position. Columbus possesses one of the stingiest backlines in the league (They finished tied for third last season in goals allowed) anchored by two-time MLS Defender of the Year Chad Marshall and five-year veteran Danny O’Rourke. Behind them lie Andy Iro (sixth overall pick in 2008) and Eric Brunner (started in 23 games last...