Word: strenuous
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...appeared only sporadically, scheduling one or two performances at a time. "Basically, I can't do my work," he says. "But I'm doing dribs and drabs of it. I can do a little more all the time--each event has been further from home and more strenuous--though sometimes just one concert is too much...
...avatar (a possessor of a Universal Mind), as well as the reincarnation of the Prophet Isaiah. At present, I am on hold, waiting to translate (die and take my body with me)." Last, a South Carolina minister said, "When we fully understand and accept the power of strenuous mental exercise to increase our capacity for works of genius, we may all ride through space on a beam of mental light and meet Einstein himself...
...works of Disney. And this comes from a hard-core fan of Disney classics. First, is the level of voice-overs. Unlike the anonymous cartoon actors of America, the seiyuu (anime voice actors) in Japan are highly respected not to mention highly paid. To earn that salary, seiyuu undergo strenuous hours of practice in order to train their voices to convey the right degrees of emotion. The result? Angst, fury, grief and sheer joy were never expressed so thoroughly...
...Some blame a lack of privacy for their infrequent jam sessions. Getting to know your body is a bit harder to do when your roommate is tossing and turning in a bunk only a few inches from your head. Also, constantly strenuous workload (here at Harvard?...Never) is the easiest way to completely kill any sensual desires you might be having. The immediate need to rest overrides all other feelings, leaving a woman feeling tired and behind in her work and in no mood to figure out the best way to masturbate...
...West cowboy. We were chatting about Westerns and cowboys one day in broken English--my German goes no further than "bier" and "bratwurst"--when he told me of his son's "cowboy coloring book." I was encouraged, to say the least, that America had given this exemplar of the strenuous life an untainted character worthy of his children's admiration (I never saw his son without a red John Wayne neckerchief). But then Christoph sang impromptu of the "Wicki-wicki Wild Wild West," paraphrasing Will Smith and breaking my heart...