Word: herculean
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Salvador, Duarte faces the Herculean task of fighting a civil war while persuading the country's businessmen and military officers to accept reforms that might induce the leftist rebels to give up their arms and join the fragile democracy. Before taking over from interim President Alvaro Magaña last week, he announced that he would reappoint General Eugenic Vides Casanova as Defense Minister, but only on condition that he cleanse the armed forces of their links with the coun try's death squads. A week earlier, Vides Casanova had removed Colonel Nicolas Carranza from his post...
...Herculean effort to really try to anticipate every problem," said Branton...
Outdueling the Beanpot squads and Tufts University did not require an Herculean effort. If it had, the Crimson may not have been up to the task, still suffering from a highly emotional Princeton victory last Saturday...
...thanks to her herculean efforts, Martin garnered All-American honors, the first Harvard stickwomen ever to do so. "Kate was always there for us," Harvard Coach Edie Mabrey says of the four-time All-Ivy selection and current U.S. field hockey squad member. "No one deserved the honor more...
Black mayors face a special set of problems. They must carefully balance the needs of an often demanding black constituency with those of an often distrusting white ethnic population. Many, such as Detroit's Coleman Young and Newark's Ken Gibson, are charged with the herculean task of reviving decaying urban centers with shrinking tax bases resulting from the "white flight" of residents and the decline of traditional businesses. "Progress," says Gibson, "is maintaining the status quo." Moreover, black mayors often attract limelight that leaves them less margin for unnoticed error. Grouses Hatcher: "Blacks still...