Word: strenuous
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...froze in his seat and searched frankly for the word. "Da," he managed to utter tentatively, and then, when no lightning struck, "Da, da, da, da" he repeated enthusiastically, looking awfully intelligent about the whole matter, while the instructor waved his arms madly, burbled, and made other strenuous noises...
...Japanese wars, World War I, the Boxer Rebellion, and part of the Sino-Japanese war, helped found The China Press, first U.S. paper in Shanghai, and Millard's Weekly Review in Shanghai. More honest than discreet, he was a frequent critic of U.S. policy in China, a more strenuous critic of Japanese policy. He was adviser to the Chinese at the Paris Peace Conference, the League of Nations sessions from 1920 to 1922, the Far East conference in Washington in 1921. High on Japan's official blacklist, he came home a year...
...Roosevelt and the Rough Riders. He tore his pants ignominiously on barbed wire in his first battle, got a bullet through his hat and a lifelong case of hero worship. Like Teddy Roosevelt, he believes in strong talk and the Big Stick. Like Teddy Roosevelt, he believes in the strenuous life; at 68, he adheres to a muscular regimen that would kill many a younger...
...tired as he steered his convertible past the towers of Eliot House up to his garage on Boylston Street. It had been a strenuous drive home from the beach--evidently all the defense workers picked the same time as he did to use their cars. He felt discouraged as he trudged home. No date tonight, no more gas for a week...
...This is a trip that can be a good conditioner if you plan to do any strenuous hiking later in the summer," he said, "or it can be a good outing if you are interested in having a chance to get into the pen for a while. The total cost, including food and transportation, should not be more than a dollar...