Word: strenuous
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Johnny O'Clock (Columbia) is another strenuous whodunit in which everyone talks in a monotone, wears an inscrutable expression, indulges in pinwheel fisticuffs and drinks a mort of straight whiskey. It may be that the type has become formalized and will shortly be just plain dull...
Less vigorous recreation is to be had at the frequent House dances which have included late afternoon "Candlelight" affairs. Even less strenuous, according to the men who know, are the elbow-bending motions required to consume the bear offered "on the House" at periodic smokers...
...change of diet has been a bit too strenuous for our young son Jerry and he has been eating some of the baby's food by way of relief. Therefore, her supplies are diminishing alarmingly. I am most anxious for the baby's food to get off right away. If she had to go a day without the right food, we would all end up in the insane asylum. She is an angel with a temper that pierces eardrums, raises roofs, blasts buildings...
...morning, some 30 barefooted, play-suited wives and daughters of Senators and Representatives answered the roll at the Congressional Club. They listened to a short health and diet talk by Mrs. Lodge, then followed her, in their various ways, through a strenuous hour of health dancing. They had been doing the same thing every Wednesday ever since Feb. 19. Said Mrs. Lodge delightedly...
Chiropractors were immediately and vocally outraged. Snapped a spokesman, Executive Secretary Sol Goldschmidt of the New York State Chiropractic Society: "The modern chiropractor does not use the strenuous adjustments of the past any more than the modern medical doctor practices bloodletting...