Word: strenuousness
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Even the rehearsals had their heart-tugging moments. Day after wilting day in the Los Angeles Coliseum, during breaks in the strenuous practice of the opening ceremonies, a touching human exercise would take place. Tubas would be scattered across the grass like the wreck of a brassy train...
...other key to Elderhostel's success is that it is stimulating without being too strenuous. Faculty members at host colleges and universities create their own curriculums, and academic difficulty varies accordingly. Required homework is taboo, but elders are often given the regular college syllabus for reading on their own. At Whittier College in California last month, Elderhostelers began their day at 8 a.m. with breakfast followed by a 9 o'clock class called American Politics on Film. A 10:30 class offered hands-on training with Apple computers. Afternoons, everyone hopped into the shallow end of the college...
...Reagan Administration wishes to beef up Argentina's military prowess by strengthening its arsenal, there should be no strenuous objections. But what the United States must first, and more importantly, do is to show explicit and active support for Alfonsin's attempts to democratize the country. Open commitment to human rights and economic growth in Argentina must replace the "quiet diplomacy" which has thus far served only to alienate and distance the Reagan Administration from Alfonsin if the United States considers a Latin American ally a priority...
...Sally) and his landlady's chambers, the dancing girls and the menacing demeanor of the Master of Ceremonies face opposite. But what occurs on this stage tails to reach its full potential because the song and dance numbers are, with some redeeming exceptions, ordinary. The pleasing, while not terribly strenuous, choreography is simply not performed with a consistent amount of verve of procision. While the kicks in the briefs can-can line are neither high nor in union, the chorus girls project for more life, grace and sex appeal in the sport aneous dancing at a party lates...
...strenuous argument with Sharon in the presence of my staff, I challenged these plans, and after the meeting, so that there could be no question that I was playing to an audience, I invited Sharon into my office and told...