Word: grinding
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...frail, he's fit to stand trial and he's not suffering from dementia. The hearings will be limited to two 90-minute sessions each day so as not to tire him out. If his health deteriorates further, however, there's a chance the whole trial may grind to a standstill. As for the survivors and the relatives of those killed at Sobibor, they're just relieved the trial has started...
...figure that out, we have a useful analogy close at hand: FarmVille. There are two ways to move ahead in the game. One is to grind, as it's known--plow, plant and harvest. Once you've grown, say, eggplant, you accumulate enough points to move up to a wider choice of crops. You invite friends to be your neighbors. You exchange gifts and help out, all of which let you accrue the capital you need to expand your farm, thus making it ever more remunerative...
Starting a social-gaming company is also a grind. You have to do a million little things to get ahead. Industry watchers credit Zynga with figuring out hooks for its games that make people want to revisit--a combination of shrewdly timed rewards, incentives and opportunities to play with friends...
...weren’t rebounding as well [against New Orleans],” Matera said. “That’s something we need to be more consistent with. But we were playing tough the whole game and were able to just grind...
...Olympic Committee media officers. Like so many other journalists, I leaned on Hancock to secure scarce credentials to the big events. At the Beijing Games, I called him one afternoon with some inane logistical question. He answered my call while sightseeing, taking a well-deserved break from the Olympic grind. I offered to leave him alone, but he wouldn't hear of it. Hancock stopped in his tracks and talked me through the issue...