Word: strenuous
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...increasing resistance. Meanwhile, his oxygen consumption is being measured, and the electrocardiograph is tracing heart reaction. The test continues until the heart reaches 85% of its maximum rate or until the patient-experiences some distress. The procedure allows Zohman to weed out people who are not up to any strenuous activity. For those who do qualify, Zohman writes an individual "prescription" of exercise based on how the heart has performed...
Watson clearly would not be eligible. But even if he were, strenuous objections to Judge Rasin's reparations order have already been heard from an unexpected source: the victim's husband. The payments, Benjamin Blum said emotionally, would only serve to remind his sons of their mother's murder, and might even put them in physical danger from Watson or his friends. "It's society's duty to take care of the crime," contends Blum. "Why should society throw it back to me?" If the court does not change its ruling, Blum says...
...have a bit of money, and he wants to marry me himself," she says, introducing Rossini's Barber of Seville). Then off she goes to act out key scenes, sing arias and take part in telescoped ensembles, returning to confide in the puppets when the plot gets strenuous. "Don't worry," one of them reassures her when she loses her boy friend Tonio in The Daughter of the Regiment (scheduled to be shown this week). "I've read the libretto. He comes back...
...efforts in aviation history, measures that will now largely become a permanent part of U.S. air travel. At the direction of the President and the Department of Transportation, airlines from now on must increase the guarding of access to parked planes, tighten baggage and passenger scrutiny and make more strenuous efforts to prevent guns and explosives from being taken aboard commercial aircraft. The new procedures and equipment will cost the airlines dearly, and doubtless annoy and delay travelers. But there is no alternative to a menace that, unchecked, could cause serious disruptions for the U.S. air transport industry...
...Pamplona but in the sun-baked living-rooms of Manhattan Island, and the subject matter--well, that's show biz. Specifically, it's all about Casey, a 25-year-old comedienne out to win an audience at the expense of family, lovers and good sense. Gina Heiserman has this strenuous part, which demands not only the lead in every scene but excruciating comedy routines delivered straight to the audience, reminiscent of Lauren Bacall's opening in Applause. She is the continually frustrated joker, reminiscent of Gary Lewis's hit Everybody Loves A Clown. Finally she's stuck with a dramatic...