Word: strenuous
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...with yellow, red and green stripes and a coat of many colors. He is notoriously thin-skinned in dealing with rivals. Says a former colleague: "Muzorewa is at his best as a preacher and at his worst as a Cardinal." Though a reluctant politician at first, he waged a strenuous campaign, traveling around the country for an average of five or six appearances a day. At these he would hold forth on his ideas about building a new country "without friction" and pass out buttons bearing the U.A.N.C. Slogan WE'RE THE WINNERS...
...then assistant dean of the College and now dean of students; F. Skiddy von Stade '37, then dean of freshmen; and W.C. Burris Young '55, a freshman senior adviser and now associate dean of freshmen. Most of the administrators put up some resistance--Epps's was reported to be strenuous--but the students held the building...
...strenuous effort to help readers make their own last judgment about Camus, Lottman seems to have talked to everyone who ever shared an espresso or a bed with the author. But the book offers an utter catholicity of research and taste...
...though the situation created by the Iranian cutoff is "not critical" yet, it "certainly could get worse." He said that the difficulties might be manageable if Americans "honor the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, set thermostats no higher than 65° and limit discretionary driving." Otherwise, the President added, "more strenuous action" would be needed to curb fuel...
...movie, a new adaptation of Emlyn Williams' play, is mainstream sentimental drama. Hepburn plays Miss Moffat, a no-nonsense English schoolteacher who arrives in a poor Welsh town to educate young coal miners. Right away she finds a gifted pupil, Morgan Evans (Ian Saynor), whom she puts into strenuous training to compete for an Oxford scholarship. Despite a few unspectacular mishaps, a happy ending follows with all too deliberate speed...