Word: arduous
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...Long, Arduous Process...
...songs may sound at times like a Germanic version of Leroy Anderson, but the orchestra played it with the concentration of the B.S.O. and the spirit of the Harvard Band. The many sudden dynamic changes and tricky syncopated passages could be disastrous for an amateur group, but, thanks to arduous rehearsing and Burgin's unmistakable beat, the errors were few and minor. The strings, particularly in the quieter measures, showed a lightness and precision that had been missing for the past four the past four seasons...
...What happened has been to a great extent the work of a woman, of Mrs. [Clare Boothe] Luce, and it is right and necessary that the Italian people know it . . . Perhaps one day we will learn with what patience, intelligence and diplomatic tact Mrs. Luce succeeded in bringing this arduous task to a happy end." But Ambassador Luce, in a press conference, attributed the plan's adoption to the concerted efforts of Anglo-American embassies and foreign offices...
...Ahead & Sign." After 17 arduous days in Korea and 14 meetings with President Rhee, Robertson met reporters on the clipped green lawn of the U.S. embassy in Seoul, poured himself a stiff drink of Scotch and parried questions...
...Latin teachers are guilty of one of two errors. Error 1 is that they try to do as the Romans did, falling for some advice from old Quintilian (1st century) that "the children should begin by learning to decline nouns and conjugate verbs." By this method, pupils spend arduous hours memorizing rules and words, just as their predecessors did in Rome. The big trouble, says Sweet, is that the Roman youngsters already spoke Latin, while modern students...