Word: strenuous
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...direction by Marshall Herskovitz, one of the creators of television's thirtysomething, is at least true to the spirit of the script -- at once ponderous and digressive -- but without a clear, clarifying attitude toward it. DeVito's performance is characteristically strenuous, but he is lost -- who wouldn't be? -- among the story's conflicting moods and emotional claims. They should have called it Jack the Unbearable...
Graham has recently responded to team wishes for more strenuous and regimented program, and has opened more lines of communication to his players, team members...
...fractured, urgent, wired. It did not go down easy. In fact, its strenuous experimentation not only polarized the jazz audience but lost jazz itself much popular support. As if realizing this and trying to reach some sort of no-sweat accommodation, Gillespie turned up the volume on his personality. His goatee, heavy-black-frame specs and frequent beret became prototypical hepcat mufti. His voice, which sounded like a thunderclap wanting to purr, could be heard on cool novelties like Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac. His cheeks expanded so far past normal size when he played his horn that he looked...
...maximize vocal potential. With the exception of Jonathan Ebel as the Boy, the main characters deliver inconsistent vocal performances. Songs whose lyrics imply lively dancing, therefore, often disappoint. When the Girl sighs "I'm so tired" at mid-song, one wonders why, since her singing was never coupled with strenuous movement...
...week of training is not just a fun road trip, though, the polo players contend. The all-day workouts in 90-degree weather were strenuous and worthwhile, they...