Word: strenuousness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There he would be hooked up for hours at a stretch to a kidney machine that would purge his body of poisonous wastes. Yet, in spite of his life-threatening ailment, Morgan continues to lead an active life, helping his father run the farm. Sometimes he even does such strenuous chores as chopping wood, herding cattle and baling...
Thus after ten weeks of strenuous haggling, of constant commuting by jet between Washington and the Middle East, of reassuring hand holding by President Carter and Secretary of State Vance, the two principals nudged their way reluctantly, morosely toward something that might pass for agreement. One thing that might serve to lure them closer together is the Nobel Peace Prize, which the two are due to receive on Dec. 10. But Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat were slouching toward Oslo, counting every pace and grumbling over every step...
...strenuous clique and the vociferous claque, of artful pressure groups and willful activists who effectively control many things by veto and filibuster. Factions of all sizes and configurations, alike only in self-service and single-mindedness, tend to dominate virtually every salient issue of the day, be it abortion, water conservation, nuclear power or the location of bridges and expressways. Draw an issue anywhere and contenders will rally on both sides, or several sides, shouting up influence out of all proportion to their numbers. These days every political and social issue tends to be seen as a consuming cause...
Actually the Administration got its way partly because of one of the most strenuous lobbying campaigns since the passage of the Panama Canal treaties. "A Herculean lobbying effort," grumbled Democratic Senator Howard Metzenbaum, an opponent of the bill. "The Administration pressured every group to get them to pressure members of the Senate. They lined up the Business Roundtable and General Motors. They made it a patriotic issue to vote for this bill. The Administration put anything on the table to get votes. They really turned out the troops. How could any of us combat that kind of power...
...second day came the demanding event?the most important in the scoring?that the 70,000 spectators in the Horse Park had waited eagerly to see: the four-part endurance run over a course so tough that many experts there called it the most strenuous in the world. Among those watching was Britain's Prince Philip, president of the International Equestrian Federation and a fine rider himself; he was, he said, glad he did not have to compete over the course...