Word: strenuous
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Working in the weightless environment proved difficult and strenuous; Kerwin's pulse went up as high as 150 beats a minute. "Take it easy," advised Space Veteran Conrad,* whose own heartbeat rose only to 110. While Conrad held the rope to the cutters, Kerwin tried to direct the pole so that the blades hooked around the aluminum strip. "I can't stabilize myself," he complained as he failed again and again. "I just can't do it." Finally, just as the spacecraft was about to make another pass into darkness-which would have forced the astronauts...
...radicals, of course, were always more strenuous in their opposition to the war, but their participation in trashing demonstrations one day did not prevent them from washing off the tear gas and joining a peaceful rally the next. The antiwar movement was always characterized by several levels of participation: prospective liberal law students could avoid arrest by not attending militant actions and still contribute meaningfully to ending the war by joining the peaceful waves of people who clogged the streets in quiet and orderly marches...
...cities and the American aid flowing into his country. That is why he balked at signing the peace agreement when it was first presented last October. That is why he will continually attempt to sabotage the agreement. That is why peace in Vietnam will only be achieved over his strenuous objections...
...prison and becomes enraptured by her exploits; his scholarly dispassion buckles as she relates her history of adultery, theft and even-perhaps-murder. He becomes her vicarious paramour, and her champion, determined to prove her innocent of the murder of a lover (Charles Denner). She is, through his strenuous dedication, finally acquitted. But he soon finds himself implicated in the death of Camille's husband. Camille could save him, but only by incriminating herself. She declines, of course. By this time the sociologist, in jail, is almost beyond caring. He is beguiled now by her guilt...
Harvard undoubtedly could accept more Indian students each year, particularly if the admissions office undertook strenuous recruiting. Steiner's legal evaluation of the 1693 pact may meet legal standards, but it will do nothing to bring Indian students to Harvard...