Word: tediousness
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...onset, the influenza which attacked His Majesty was somewhat severe, the bronchitis extending to the base of the lungs?a form of malady which is apt to be tedious and resistant...
...editorial competition is one which requires practically none of that tedious clerical work which marks other college competitions with drudgery. In its demand for contact with the trend of events, it is as helpful and stimulating as any college course. It is certainly as valuable as a course in composition for the man who is inclined to carelessness in his writing. Then it gives the rare opportunity of self-expression. The training which a candidate receives is suited primarily to help him perfect his own style. Men who make the editorial board are eligible for the position of editorial chairman...
...Chapel yesterday Professor Soares clearly defined his position on the whole subject. He said, "It will be good to bring you something entirely new today--a new religion, a new social program, a new way to train children in righteousness, a new understanding of God. The old is so tedious and commonplace...
Since Salome's time, many a man has lost his head over a pretty pair of legs and a smile. It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that Columbia oarsmen have turned to the ballet during the tedious winter months. Tank rowing is said to be a terrible grind. And who is better qualified to develop rhythm and form than a Ziegfeld beauty...
...study the forward marches of science and their effect of steadily shrinking the world to what will ultimately become a single, big community of fellow humans, we must admit the growing necessity for the development of a universal language. Until this new process is worked out in its tedious way and accepted by the nations of the world, photoradiograms, which speak the truly universal language of pictures, will go far to bridge the gap that different latitudes and tongues have interposed between the peoples of this sphere on which we live...