Word: strenuousness
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...Tremendous Lark." Tall, slim and ruddy-faced, with long greying hair, Fleming's passions were fast cars, gambling, golf, bridge and skindiving. Three years ago, after a heart attack, Fleming was warned to cut down on cigarettes, alcohol, and other aspects of the strenuous life. He did to some extent-30 cigarettes a day instead of 60. But, essentially, Fleming was the sort of man to feel that a too-restricted life was not worth living anyway...
Some suggest that Dirksen wanted to placate the conservative wing of the party. This they argue, gives him the image of a "reasonable" man and allows him to exert strenuous leadership in support of vital, liberal, bi-partisan measures like the Test Ban Treaty and the Civil Rights Bill...
...mechanic. The man who created this aggressive, sports-minded company is no glowing Mantle Sensitive and fragile, Hiraki is an accomplished painter of intricate Chinese-ink tableaux, likes to design Japanese gardens, and owns a world-famous collection of Japanese wood prints. He works a leisurely day, avoids all strenuous activity. His favorite sport, he admits, is lounging around, gazing at his collection of prints...
Texans, predictably, mounted a strenuous counterattack. Governor John Connally called Belli's tirade against Dallas "reprehensible." Attorney General Waggoner Carr told University of Texas law students that Belli's behavior "should shock all of our bar members from coast to coast...
...embarrassment of being beaten by a woman in a toe-to-toe struggle. Men are the weaker sex in terms of pride. In medicine, everyone wants the same result. In the law, someone has to lose whenever a case goes to judgment." Women fare better in less strenuous appellate work, says Judge Harold R. Medina of the U.S. Court of Appeals. Despite male objections that an attractive woman has an "unfair" advantage in the courtroom, Medina recalls a case where the court was so absorbed in the legal aspects of a young woman attorney's case that...