Word: toiling
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...show was heralded by mimeographed programs distributed through the Yard late in the morning, proclaiming 8--count 'em--8 animal contestants, and listing their dubious pedigrees. Among the entries was Lucky Pierre--Out of Breath by Dint of Toil...
...have to toil, till the pound...
They all believe that competition is good for the soul. Competition selects that neurotic hybrid known as "a Crimeed" from the saner strains of College men, and the grim reaper of competitive toil determines his future career as a college journalist...
...bizarre present that found favor in 1946 was a sequence of fourteen sonnets lettered in Old English, and illuminated, on a sheet of parchment. What gave a fillip to the toil that went into the manufacture of the gift was the fact that each sonnet described an outing or incident the Middlebury giver had shared with the Harvard recipient...
...great mass of Americans, the automobile not only represents the keystone of happiness and the hallmark of success but is the only unshifting goal in a baffling world. Millions who live unscarred through the jalopy or adolescent stage of life toil for decades to progress from Ford to Pontiac, from Pontiac to Buick, and cannot die happy unless guaranteed delivery to the grave in a Packard or Cadillac hearse...