Word: grind
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...This is a little break for me and then I’ll get back to the grind,” she said. “We’re really just enjoying the moment at this point...
...House. But in a long Washington Post piece last week, presumably from his upcoming book, Woodward says, "With a story as enticing, complex, competitive and fast breaking as Watergate, there was little tendency or time ... to ask why [our sources] were talking or whether they had an ax to grind...
...policy and wondered how hard that policy will land on them in the years ahead. But they are united in devotion to one another and the soldiers they will lead. They hear the reports coming from the war zones--the tales of terror and torture and the grind of nation building--and conclude that the world needs West Point's brand of physical and moral toughness more than ever. "People may come here for the wrong reasons," Pae says, "but they stay for the right ones...
...UC’s three committees. The philosophy behind this decision is sound—all student representatives, regardless of their committee affiliations, should have a say on legislation that affects the entire Harvard student body. But this “say” shouldn’t grind UC floor debates to a halt. The UCRC’s recommendation to raise to two-thirds the number of votes required for consideration of certain amendments addresses this balance. Our only concern is that the two-thirds threshold (up from one-third) is too high; the new requirement will eliminate...
...year-round grind is definitely not for everyone. Families in cold-weather states generally refuse to break with their traditional summers off. Even in the Sunbelt, families with children in extracurricular activities tend to see YRE as disruptive. The staggered vacation times often clash with seasonal schedules for games and practice sessions. Nearly 200 parents in Oxnard lined up in the early-morning hours two years ago to be sure they could register their children in a conventional semester program. But despite such limitations, YRE has grown nationwide, from 243,000 pupils four years ago to 330,000 today...