Word: arduous
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...week's end, however, it was still unclear whether the Senators would accept the "clarification" as sufficient. They could still demand that its language be worked into a protocol or into the treaty itself. That would involve an arduous renegotiation effort that would certainly consume much time and might well spur the Panamanians to demand even larger concessions from Washington. Argues U.S. Negotiator Sol Linowitz: "Everything we wanted is in that treaty now, in that language...
...blue collar, but almost all bicyclists and runners are white collar. In snow country, the line between white-collar crosscountry skiers and blue-collar snowmobilers sparks with animosity, and is seldom crossed. Factory workers are nearly as sedentary as bank presidents now, but clearly the conviction persists from the arduous old days that sweating is what privileged toffs...
Although it may not be apparent, "S" carded a courageous 11 on the redoubtable seventh, a hole replete with a meandering fairway and a menacing water hazard. Reaching the green of the par five eighth was an arduous business, and he found a greenside bunker. After unleashing a frenzied rain of blows, his ball had not budged. "S" suddenly lost the will to go on, so his incomplete scorecard will be preserved for posterity as a noble fragment...
...practically home free, but not quite. It remained for spring vacation--and a few sprints on the Clearwater beach (I had to get that in here)--before I dared venture on the final leg of this arduous journey...
...question occurred to Professor Richard Wainerdi, a chemical engineer at Texas A. & M. He and a colleague. Historian Arnold Krammer, set out 18 months ago to look up what was known about the German synthetic-oil program. It proved an unexpectedly arduous task...