Word: arduous
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...seriously") or more conscious of creating the mystique of an artist around him ("I hate that. It's all bull shit"). Instead, he has watched his newer songs reach heights of popularity on the charts and is content, at last, to enjoy the fruits of his not-too-arduous labors...
...Mideast conflict should be resolved through negotiations that deal with the fundamental issues, not the peripheral questions of how far regiments should pull back. Peace talks will be a long and arduous process, but they should not be written off and replaced by a one man show designed not to achieve peace, but to extend American influence...
...week after the new Revolutionary Government in Chi Minh City began the arduous task of rebuilding and reunifying a nation ravaged by decades of anti-colonial and civil wars. President Ford held a press conference, where UPI reporter Helen Thomas asked him to discuss the lessons of Vietnam. Ford seemed miffed by the question. "It was sad and tragic in many respects," he responded, with no apparent sense of understatement. "I think it would be unfortunate for us to rehash allegations as to individuals that might be to blame, or administrations that might be at fault...
...week's end another group of nearly 600 refugees reached Thailand after an arduous, 3½-day truck journey from Phnom-Penh. Mostly French, the evacuees had sought haven in the French embassy when Cambodia's capital fell to the Khmer Rouge and had been virtual prisoners ever since. To the annoyance of France, one of the first non-Communist countries to recognize the Khmer Rouge, the embassy had been turned into a virtual prison. Food, medicine and communications had been cut off. After protests from Paris, the regime finally allowed the 600 out. Sidney Schanberg, a correspondent...
...enthrall an audience into a willing suspension of disbelief is the actor's most arduous task, and that is the finest phase of James Whitmore's remarkable achievement...