Word: herculean
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...barely concealed anger of that admission prompts suspicion. For something remains in Mailer's voice even when his reverence for the orgasmic mystery seems to have subsided, even when his fear and protestations at the technological onslaught seem to have quieted down. Somewhere in the farthest reaches of his herculean psyche, somewhere fluttering between his mind and body, his body and soul, is a small voice, a nervous, restless, jealous voice, crying out that "men look to destroy every quality in a woman which will give her the powers of a male, for she is in their eyes already armed...
...authorities argue, is to cut it on the ground. That, of course, may well be the ultimate goal of Operation Dewey Canyon II. The very fact that a ground operation, with all the risks it involves, is deemed desirable by military experts is a tribute to the Communists' herculean effort to keep the trail open as well as an admission that even the most modern airpower has its limits...
Magaziner's group released the 450 page manuscript of its final report in February, 1968. David Riesman, Harvard's Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences, would later call it "a Herculean effort, an impressive document." But few members of the faculty took notice. The special faculty sub-committee appointed by President Heffner met twice a week during much of the spring, but made no recommendations. In April, the Brown Daily Herald reported that the "vast majority of the faculty was unaware" of the report...