Word: arduous
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Fearful lest consumptives throw up their present arduous treatment in the hope of an easy cure, medical men leaped to challenge Dr. Maher's thesis on two main counts...
...journeyed from the tip of Lower California up to San Francisco in the caravan of the Spanish Inspector-General. That was in 1810. He took the journey for his health, having just knifed a local scoundrel with an uncomfortably large number of brothers. It was a long, arduous, dangerous trip, but young Juan had the time of his life. He became immediately devoted to the Inspector-Gen-eral's wife, proud Dona Ysabel, and was given the job of guarding her only son. Dona Ysabel's family motto appealed to him: "We fear no King, nor any devil...
...afternoon workout was long and arduous, for the Jayvees preceded the Freshmen into the Varsity field and drilled the regulars on pass defense. The scrubs tossed aerials for 20 minutes and then the Varsity was sent through the usual fundamentals, which included passing punting and line contact work, Jack, Riley, star tackle of the Boston Redskins and former All-American tackle at Northwestern, was among the distinguished visitors and helped out the Varsity tackles on some of the finer points of the game...
...arduous steps upward toward the detective bureau captaincy bring to the author a host of intimate glimpses into the sordid and gruesome lives of New York's meaner, more unfortunate social classes. The stories are bluntly told, occasionally with a touch of sentimentality; then again with pathos and even with indignation...
...about a dozen whoppers they didn't land; but we got ours on a similar expedition the week before.) Now if you need further proof of this tale of piscatorial prowess, here's Provensen pictured with his shark; also a picture of that hero resting from his arduous labors reading my blood-stained copy of TIME. MARTIN CODEL...