Word: grind
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...Daily Grind...
Baseball players take days off for certain reasons. Injury is the most obvious. Sometimes a player is simply tired during the grind of a 162-game regular season and needs a rest...
...defend our wildlife heritage and protect communities from toxic pollution. When Congress passed the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and Endangered Species Act, these laws gave people the power to file lawsuits to prevent environmental crimes and protect their families' health without having to wait on the slow grind of government's gears. But Justice Scalia would strip citizens of the power to protect their families from pollution...
Losing in Sydney, no doubt, would bother her more. So she trains 30 hours a week: 20 on water, 10 in the gym. "After I retire," she vows, "I'll never go into another gym again." The grind of a sport that has no off-season has left Brunet, 31, with nagging shoulder and hip pain in her sturdy 152-lb., 5-ft. 8-in. frame, and scar tissue from muscle rubbing on bone in her behind. "My bum is so sore," she says, voicing the kayaker's lament...
...persuade Americans to grind up their children in a world that seems filled with endless hate? Annan believes it is all about leadership, about explaining how seeing a crime obligates us to prevent others if we can. He won't bash Clinton directly, but he suggests much of the killing that has gone on in the past decade could have been prevented by stronger U.S. leadership. "Bush had no problem in the Gulf--a vital national interest was at stake there--but he had no problem in Somalia either," Annan says. Courage, he believes, will always trump cowardice...