Word: arduousness
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Tramiel became aware that Atari was up for sale seven weeks ago and began talks with Warner Chairman Steven Ross. After arduous bargaining in Manhattan, Tramiel's son Gary and Warner representatives closed their deal at 15:30 a.m. on Monday of last week. By that time, Tramiel was flying to California in a private jet and was at Atari headquarters...
...dailies, but its papers are mostly in smaller markets, and the combined circulation of 3.5 million before USA Today had translated into scant national influence. By launching a coast-to-coast daily, Gannett would gain visibility and clout, even if the undertaking would require steep start-up costs, arduous technical demands in printing at dozens of locations, and a hard sell to persuade advertisers to accept a new kind of vehicle...
Haviaras has returned to the arduous, sometimes glamorous task of organizer and curator, and this historic evening the Lamont poetry rooms have received a substantial collection of tapes from the Academy of American poets. After the reading he is all smiles; the persistent responsibilities of a newly released book, in addition to the more mundane details of his job, don't seem to slow...
...speak cautiously in public, and especially to the press, on this issue. Weinberger's tendency to blurt out locker-room opinions in the guise of policy was one that I prayed he might overcome. If God heard, He did not answer in any way understandable to me. The arduous duty of construing the meaning of Cap Weinberger's public sayings was a steady drain on time and patience...
...landslide." Frank Mankiewicz suggests that Hart could turn the age-change issue into a joke simply by beginning a speech with a statement of fact and then, after pausing a beat, adding, "I'm as certain of that as I am of my own age." Hart's arduous climb from restless small-town boy to presidential contender has sharpened and toughened him. The campaign will test whether his steely cool is well tempered, or too brittle. -By Evan Thomas. Reported by Hays Gorey/Washington and Jack E. White with Hart