Word: strenuousness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tuesday afternoon Carter and Lance teamed up on the White House tennis court for a strenuous 90-minute match against Jordan and Speechwriter James Fallows. After the younger men left, the two friends sat in earnest conversation on a courtside bench for 45 minutes. By all accounts, this was the climactic moment. Lance said he would resign. The President did not challenge that decision...
...noisy debate over Soap has largely been fueled by religious groups, whose strenuous letter-writing campaigns have now driven 15 ABC affiliates (out of 195) and some sponsors to drop the series. Soap's detractors seem to feel the show will sully the innocent minds of children in the TV audience, but a young TV viewer's mind really does not stay unclouded for long. Any child who regularly watches leering sitcoms like Three's Company, action series like Charlie's Angels or even daytime soap operas has already been exposed to more sex than...
...ashram-spiritual commune-in a garage. Although India's Sikhs are renowned as meat eaters, Bhajan has insisted that his followers be strict vegetarians. While yoga is not part of Sikhism, Bhajan teaches the practice, and not the mild form widespread in the U.S. but Tantrism, a strenuous, mystical variety practiced by men and women in pairs. Claiming to be the only living master of Tantrism, Bhajan stresses Kundalini yoga, which supposedly releases secret energy that travels up the spine. He reveals breathing and massage techniques said to improve sexual performance. And he preaches: "The man who ties...
...Moss for one instrumental section; later Moss takes another while Paxton disappears to change from a red T-shirt into a yellow one. The concert ends as Paxton, drawing a deep breath, exchanges a look with Moss that says, "Okay, now just one more." He then springs into a strenuous, exhilarating knot of dancing that inspires the small audience to respond with lengthy applause...
Brazil recognizes that America, its best customer for shoes, cannot indefinitely absorb its footwear and is now making a strenuous effort to find other markets. As a Hong Kong tex tile manufacturer says: "We know we cannot just flood the world, but we do think we should be entitled to a fair share of the annual growth...