Word: tireless
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...Wills was the offender; in every break he swung over illicit punches; he hit backhanded; he butted Sharkey with his hard, black head. Perhaps Wills only did these things from force of habit; he has long been famed in the ring for his sharp practices, as also for his tireless pursuit of a match with Dempsey. But old black Wills will pursue no more heavyweight champions; he was tired; even his foulest punches had no sting. In the 13th round, after ten warnings the referee disqualified him for fouling...
Dzerzhinsky, starved of Bolshevist theory, self-goaded to half-mad labors, became, when the Red Revolution set him free, the most practical, most tireless, most in- corruptible henchman of Lenin...
...speaker began by thanking Sr. Mevindez Pidal, then going on to praise warmly the Centro de Estudios Historicos. He complimented its professor, dwelling especially on their competent, tireless work of investigation. Then he came to the subject matter of his address, giving a careful exposition of Spanish-American literature by epocs, schools, and authors...
That is the prehistory of the story's chaotic opening at his base camp in Rouen. He is seen as a tireless, compassionate company commander, faithfully inspecting his men's feet and toothbrushes, writing their complicated little wills, guarding them from and for their women. Through labyrinths of official tape, thickets of superior and subordinate officers' personalities, swamps of physical obstacles, weather, food, transportation, equipment, his mind and nerves are shown maintaining their stability, and threading at the same time the dark jungles of his own inward life. Over all is the shadow of the major obscenity in the trenches...
...center the Canadians have a good roving pivot. He has an uncanny trick of opposing attacks with a deceptive poke-check. At defense Toronto has two effective and apparently tireless skaters. Both have played in every game without a relief. Porter is rangy and the fastest man on the Varsity squad. When he takes the puck he is the hardest man to stop, and almost invariably carries it the length of the ice. Porter is additionally valuable for he is rarely off his feet, being more than ordinarily clever at jumping sticks Wright at right defense does not stand...