Word: arduously
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...between high and low earners has been growing since the late 1970s, and until recently, economists attributed virtually all of it to technological and demographic changes that increased the premium paid to those with advanced skills and education. If that were true, the only answer would lie along the arduous path of improving the education and skill levels of American workers. And you certainly wouldn't want to discourage people from getting an education by heavily taxing the rewards...
Dealing with Kim's regime is an arduous, sometimes humiliating process. Christopher Hill privately has let it be known that it drives him nuts to be portrayed as aiding and abetting such an odious crowd. But bribing Kim is the only realistic strategy. When the next Administration takes over in January, with its own North Korea policy, it's going to come to the same conclusion, whether the President is named Obama, Clinton or McCain...
After weeks of arduous road trips and non-stop action in pools across the Eastern and Western seaboards, the Harvard women’s water polo team prepared to play in possibly its last games of the season during the Northern Championships.The Crimson faced the daunting task of finishing in the top two spots to qualify for the Eastern Championships. To do that, Harvard had to do something it hadn’t done all year—defeat either Hartwick or Brown to get into the final.The Crimson dropped two matches to Hartwick and Brown consecutively before rebounding...
...well-being of their charges. But as recent events at Harvard have proven, deans prefer to impose liability-proof safeguards—tedious paperwork for registering parties, imperious oversight by entryway proctors, and severely curtailed access to alcohol in general—rather than opt for the more arduous but perhaps more far-seeing approach of encouraging a culture of personal responsibility and maturity. Inevitably, the lawyerly advocates of the “nanny” response prevail...
...School Program in Korea. Kwong walked away with $3,000—a sum which he calls “average” in a program with an upper limit of around $5,000. After years of raking in the Benjamins, Kwong has a system to navigate the often arduous process of grant applications: “The secret is to apply to the ones that are unpopular,” he says. Because all Harvard Summer School Programs have a fixed amount of financial aid to give out, the programs with the fewest applicants dole out the most cash...