Word: tediously
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Aside from the glamor of conservation and the excitement of unique discoveries, the Center's specialists must often do the more tedious and undesirable work of cleaning pieces of art. Paintings often become infested with worms, beetles, and other pests. Lab workers recently removed an 11th century Chinese polychrome wood statue from exhibition at the Fogg for the first time since 1928. They had to fumigate the piece in a special lab to rid it of powder-post beetles...
...reality. All too often, however, one also suspects that he is biting his thumb at the audience. It is not that he refuses to communicate. The themes--madness and sanity, meaning versus nihilism--present themselves at every turn. It's just that their hammering symbolism and anti-realism become tedious after a while. The director, it seems, is almost coercing one to interpret first, watch later. But unless one is prepared to keep a running tally of symbols, the piece is destined--indeed, determined--to remain little more than an enginia wrapped in a metaphor...
Unfortunately, the nuggets are spread through an expanse of correspondence that sometimes becomes tedious. Winnick had access to all letters in MacLeish's possession (except those to and from his wife Ada) and he lists two pages of additional sources. No doubt he wanted to make a thorough and scholarly compilation, but the nearly 400 letters probably could have been cut by about a third without losing much. Nevertheless, it is well worth skimming through the housekeeping details, travel plans, and mundane dealings with editors to get to the plentiful meat...
...with which students could coordinate something like a meaningful teaching reform campaign or divestiture drive. Undergraduate government, with or without newfangled committee flow charts and a $60,000 budget, inspires little vigorous participation. The vast array of Harvard's other non-academic activities far out-shine the prospect of tedious debates which often end in the same broad realization: Institutional reform evolves on a geological time scale ill-suited to four-year visitors. Moreover, the House system and the cheery residential chauvinism it guarantees suffice for making minor living improvements and expressing whatever school spirit exists...
Even more beneficial than the mechanical and they offer each other is the moral support Pole vaulting practice can be grueling and tedious. Even during the meets there is very little fan attention, and their cheers keep each other motivated...