Word: strenuousness
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...strenuous itinerary lasting over a period of six weeks has been arranged for the Cambridge team in this country. In the week immediately preceding the Symphony Hall debate, they will pit their debating skill against teams from Bates, Dartmouth and Smith...
...whether his preference for the little lady back in Heidleberg is based on the fact that she's blond. At the very end, the King smiles resignedly at the debutante princess after failing to kiss Kathie. There's the real tragedy. . . Fortunately, very amusing comedy is alternated with those strenuous and unnerving bursts of passion and the whole is carried along by music of exceptional charm. If American colleges could have beer-rallies and bellow tunes like the rousing Drinking Song, it would be worth it to give up the pose of indifference...
...Koussevitzky will wave overtime in rehearsals. The notes of his orchestra will march bravely out to meet the oncoming horde of Mr. Jacchia's invaders. It will be a battle to the finish, with the end of the season finding the musicians looking more like soldiers returned from a strenuous campaign than the well-fed members of refined and select orchestras...
...sick man does strenuous thinking before he decides to undergo a serious operation. The "sick" American colleges, too, will be chary of the decision made by H. (1. Wells and also by a corespondent of the "Nation" that the only cure for a prevalent lack of real interest in learning among college students is a generous wielding of the knife and saw. Wells, in fact, considers that to kill is to cure, and advises that, since college is a "palpable waste of time", all general education should give place to small specialized groups in close relation with their professors...
...Harvard eleven lacking every element or greatness, but giving promise of developing into a hard working and well drilled organization in the future, will start this afternoon on a strenuous week of preparation for its next clash with Holy Cross on Saturday. The 16 to 7 loss suffered at the hands of the powerful McMillin coached Geneva team last Saturday served its purpose as a baptism of fire for most of Coach Horween's green material and clearly showed several fundamental early season faults which must, and probably will be, ironed out before the next meeting of the season with...