Word: strenuousness
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...trouble in second round action, fighting off a gritty Lehigh team, 9-7. Though the win got the hearts of Browne and Riddell pumping faster, the victory may have also calmed the team for Penn State. The 8-4 victory over the Nittany Lions was more convincing and less strenuous...
...National Labor Committee. Harvard's sizable holdings give it the power to influence their labor policies, and yet Harvard has taken not even issued a statement. The Harvard Corporation stubbornly held out for years before agreeing to partially divest from apartheid South Africa, and then only after strenuous protests and alumni refusals to donate. It is hard to have faith that Harvard will do the right thing in the case of sweatshops without serious prodding from students, faculty and alums...
...more. Bush wants an expensive renovation of Social Security; Gore wants to put a new coat of paint on it. Bush tends to hold truck with the private sector; Gore is convinced government has its duties and can perform them admirably, if nourished. Gore seems a little more strenuous about the environment, Bush a little more stingy with our national influence abroad. Gore is more apt to try to keep some money out of politics - it doesn't seem to bother Bush, as long as all the power brokers respect each other and the right wheels get greased. Right. Left...
Although I've recused myself on the issue of George W. Bush's pillow, I wouldn't deny that I engage in class warfare now and then, having found it to be a less strenuous form of battle for an older fellow than, say, paint ball. Some years ago, it dawned on me that what's called class warfare in this country goes in only one direction--up. You are engaging in class warfare if you point out what sort of people would benefit from a repeal of the estate tax or if you raise the possibility that Dick Cheney...
...position politically to do more than engage in strenuous peace making initiatives," Rotberg said. "It would be enormously dangerous for anyone to attack Israel, considering the force of an election year, because the U.S. might feel compelled...