Word: arduous
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...amplifications of small hints in other writers, but always it is undertaken by a relentless and remorseless analyst, who is also a passionate advocate arguing as soberly as is humanly possible the importance of his experiment, which is in itself a bold undertaking, since few enterprises are so arduous and thankless as criticism of a contemporary
...until last week did the long, arduous and honorable public career of Sir Selwyn Macgregor Grier become notable to the rest of the British Empire. Son of an English vicar, Sir Selwyn won intramural fame as a classical scholar at Cambridge, spent four years as a humble schoolmaster before entering the British colonial service in Nigeria in 1906. While in West Africa he rose from Assistant Resident, Northern Nigeria to Director of Education of the Southern Provinces. By last week he was safe in comfortable anonymity as King George's representative in St. Vincent, British West Indies. Last week...
...well realize . . . that the many legislative details and processes incident to the long and arduous session of the Congress should have had the unavoidable effect of promoting some confusion in many people's minds...
...eight men on an atoll in mid-Pacific, the approaching drone of four Hornet motors fortnight ago was the climax of three months' arduous efforts. While hundreds of frigate birds and terns screamed in dismay, they hopped up & down on the beach, waving gleefully...
Fourth, for those who are thinking of a journalistic career, or even of a few years' of journalism, their experiences on the CRIMSON will stand them in good stead, and, more important, will greatly facilitate the arduous task of finding a worthwhile...