Word: strenuousness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...peasants most recently arrived from the altiplano. The weather in this part of the city, which is 12,500 feet above sea level, is pleasant on a clear day; at night, however, the cold is brutal. The air is very thin, and breathing becomes difficult after any strenuous activity. As the bus descends along the zig-zag road that hugs the rocky slope, the hovels give way to slightly more sturdy but still miserable houses, crowded together on filthy unpaved alleys. Eucalyptus trees begin to appear. Then the bus descends further into the more solidly-built portion of the city...
...part. A young Lorelei seems naive, but a seasoned one is merely brazen. Instead of throwing herself into the proceedings, Carol seems to expend her energy with utmost calculation. Apart from a couple of production numbers, she remains almost stationary and is offstage altogether for the strenuous tap-dance sequences. Even her vocal tricks - going from bass through squeak in breathtaking spoken roulades - now sound like a ventriloquist...
...game because we played such aggressive defense," Radcliffe coach John McCarthy said. "It was a really strenuous game. The girls will probably be really tired tomorrow...
Harvard's varsity hockey team will face its first opponent of a strenuous weekend road trip tonight when the Crimson travels to Canton, N.Y., to meet St. Lawrence...
NASA has traditionally chosen its spacemen from the ranks of test pilots in top physical condition. As it moves into the age of the space shuttle, which will make less strenuous physical demands upon passengers, the agency is now contemplating relaxing its medical requirements so that it will be able to send more people into space. Of the women subjects, all were single, and all were Air Force flight nurses between 24 and 34 years of age. The only strict requirement was made to preserve body-chemistry balance: none of the nurses were permitted to use the Pill...