Word: tedious
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Outsiders might imagine that the work is tedious. Nonsense, says Lateiner, who, after 45 years, still finds the chase for facts "very exciting." Some of the most interesting challenges are the handful of queries that cannot be answered quickly. Lateiner spent half a day in 1961 discovering that the line "Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan," quoted by President Kennedy, comes from the diary of Count Galeazzo Ciano, Mussolini's Foreign Minister. Only in 1968 did Bartlett's Familiar Quotations get around to listing...
Most pro football coaches go through a similar process. None is more exacting than Chief Mechanic and Perfectionist Shula, who is intent upon analyzing every piece of the smoothest-running machine in the game. "The work is tedious," he said in a recent interview with TIME Contributing Editor Philip Taubman. "But if we didn't do it, we could very well start losing games. I demand total involvement from my players, and they can expect the same from me during the season...
...snippets of sound. In any case it seems graceless to be anything but grateful for what amounts to a collage education (or reeducation) in film history. In the good old, bad old days, studios were often criticized for trying to imitate one another's successes, thereby creating tedious cycles. This time, however, the competition should be encouraged to follow Warner Brothers' lead. MGM, come on! Paramount, let's hear from you! Richard Schickel
...problem lies in Stott's own strategy and design. He begins his book with four untypically tedious and redundant chapters that attempt to define "What Is Documentary" and "What Documentary Treats...
...Tedious Regimen. Much of the success of the new system will at first depend on King Bhumibol, 46, who avoided politics until recently. He used to spend his days touring his kingdom, opening hospitals, awarding diplomas and visiting villages. Reports TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand: "It is precisely this tiring, often tedious regimen that has made Bhumibol so unreservedly loved throughout the country. His travels also made him aware of the disfavor felt toward the military regime and the need to bring farmers and laborers into the National Assembly. Since last October's student revolt, the King has distinguished himself...