Word: relentlessness
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...many ways, but I swore it would be my last: the problem was that the aspect of being at sea that interested me the most, the being-at-sea part, was minimized to the point that I almost forgot I was on board a ship. The entertainment was relentless?bridge tournaments, tango lessons, fancy-dress balls and mini-Las Vegas floor shows?and so was the food. Before my cruising days began, I had imagined myself braving the elements, face-to-face with the majesty of the sea under an immensity of sky. Instead, I seemed to be part...
Supplemented by Kellin’s relentless drum machines and beats, Taryn pseudo-raps and yowls her throaty way through the 14 tracks on Boomkatalog One. But all her endless bluster and crazylove can’t save this album from disintegrating into a messy, genre-hopping katastrophe. —Tiffany I. Hsieh
...book The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Eckhart Tolle, 54, describes how he passed through suicidal depression to spiritual bliss. Imagine his bliss when he discovered that his book had been endorsed by Oprah. Her relentless touting has helped Tolle's book build a cult following since its publication four years ago. Now in its 20th printing, with 800,000 copies sold, it has spent four months on the New York Times best-seller list...
...forced to send its forces downtown to get him. Since Mogadishu, the U.S. has significantly improved its urban-combat readiness, training soldiers how to fight in claustrophobic environments in which 90% of the targets are less than 50 yards away. But nothing can prepare young soldiers for the relentless hell of the real thing. Urban engagements historically result in 30% casualty rates on both sides; while the U.S. believes it can cut its losses to 10% of its total urban fighting force, that would send U.S. casualty figures into the thousands...
...affecting students and parents alike. His playful tone tries to mock the gravity of an admissions process that Mathews thinks has spun out of control, leading to a country full of pushy parents and ulcer-ridden 9th graders trying to stay ahead of the curve through resume polishing and relentless test preparation...