Word: arduously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...into his Victorian brownstone house at No. 277 Madison Avenue. His purpose remains obscure. When World Housewreckers opened the vault, it contained only an ancient artillery shell. Whatever the General's purpose, he did his work well. The house came down "nice and easy," but the vault required an arduous siege.* Said Foreman Jacob Camen: "We've been gnawing at it for three days now with pneumatic drills and acetylene torches and so far haven't made much of an impression. It probably'll take us two days more. I hope we don't have to use dynamite...
From Tirana, Albania's capital, to Teheran, Persia's capital, is at best an arduous trip of nearly 2,000 miles through primitive country. Last week Charles Calmer Hart, lately promoted from U. S. Minister to Albania to be U. S. Minister to Persia, was making this journey. But instead of traveling over long roundabout routes, he was shortcutting from post to post across Soviet Russia. The significance of his trip lay in the fact that he was the first U. S. diplomat to enter Russia officially in a dozen years...