Word: arduousness
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...been having the same doubts as the rest of the team. On that arduous climb to camp through the Khumbu Icefall, Erik wondered for the first time if his attempt to become the first sightless person to summit Mount Everest was a colossal mistake, an act of Daedalian hubris for which he would be punished. There are so many ways to die on that mountain, spanning the spectacular (fall through an ice shelf into a crevasse, get waylaid by an avalanche, develop cerebral edema from lack of oxygen and have your brain literally swell out of your skull...
Rudenstine said he remembered the lengthy and arduous process of reading over the folders of the graduating seniors when they were applying for admission more than four years ago. He creatively complimented the seniors, whom he called “the caffeine in our cappucino” and the “Jonah in our whale...
...Henderson has been successful in his career, but it hasn’t always been easy. The days on the Juneau are long and arduous, but he writes that he is “loving every minute...
...paltry number of offerings in several Core areas makes course selection overly arduous for undergraduates. A recent report to the Undergraduate Council found that the Faculty’s 1997 mandate of 12 non-cross-listed courses per Core area had been met in only one of the 12 areas of the Core—namely Foreign Cultures, where four of the 14 courses taught this past year required fluency in French. The newest Core area, Quantitative Reasoning, offered students only six courses from which to choose...
...With the utterly harmless Beatty as the romantic lead, even the cleavage shots lose their steaminess. Diane Keaton as his hapless wife and Goldie Hawn as a longtime friend round out the leading roles. Even with its all-star cast, Town and Country has had a long and arduous journey through the Hollywood studio system. Costing an estimated $80 million to make—a far cry from the minimalist budgets of most romantic comedies—the film has gone through about two years of shoots and delayed re-shoots. Originally scheduled for release...