Word: arduously
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...Another, more controversial measure would match baggage to passengers, making sure no bags are checked without an accompanying traveler. European airports have embraced this arduous and time-consuming task, but U.S. pilots hate the idea, says Gritta. "Pilots hate it because it?s a pain and pushes their time back even further when they?re up against the wall already." Opponents also argue that such a move would do nothing to deter suicide bombers, who by definition are happy to climb aboard a plane right along with their bombs...
Last week’s address by Ron Unz at the Graduate School of Education marks the beginning of what will be a long and arduous debate, as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts wrestles over the future of bilingual education. Unz, a California millionaire who already tried to dismantle bilingual education programs in California and Arizona, has come to Massachusetts, the state with the oldest bilingual education law in America, to repeat his past efforts...
...setting of the White House East Room, President Bush was by turns stern, folksy, animated, and subdued - but he never strayed from focusing on the war against terrorism that has transformed himself and his administration. Mr. Bush seemed supremely confident that even though the task would be long and arduous, the U.S. would emerge victorious...
...that Harvard presents can—does—wreak havoc on them. First comes first-year orientation programs, then freshman seminars, maybe honors-only concentrations, definitely seminars and conference courses. Worse are the extracurriculars: “comping” the Advocate, the Crimson, or the Lampoon; the arduous Let’s Go applications and interviews; some PBHA programs and other committees (even, ironically, Room 13); the social organizations—rejection is the definitive Harvard experience...
...self-improvement could begin with what most experts consider the best if most arduous and dangerous way to disrupt terror: so-called human intelligence, provided by informants and agents. The CIA has long been criticized for its reliance on diplomatic cover for its main officers, which stymies attempts to recruit locals in countries like Afghanistan, where the U.S. has no embassy, or Pakistan, where the native spooks keep close tabs on official Americans. Ever since a 1995 uproar about the CIA's use of Guatemalan informants linked to torture and murder, the agency has been required to perform "human rights...