Sentences with phrase «despite herculean»

Despite herculean efforts by researchers, the efficacy of parenting has still not been proved.

But, sadly, despite the herculean efforts of shelter staff around the country, there just aren't enough homes for all the kittens that are born every year.

«Yeah, she has a real problem,» my friend said sarcastically about my 20 - something client who, despite a herculean effort, couldn't gain weight.

Ernst came from behind and surged in recent weeks despite herculean efforts by powerful Democratic figures to save Braley, including a campaign visit by Obama's wife, Michelle.

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He did it by shooting at the most efficient clip of any 30 - points - per - game scorer in Finals history, proving he's a deserved champion despite LeBron's Herculean effort.

Despite the fact that education loans are easily available, students often find repaying them a herculean task.

And he answers, «certainly not because I have any direct self - interest — no... I'm not profiting from my involvement in charter schools (in fact, I shudder to think of how much it's cost me), and I have little personal experience with the public school system because I'm doubly lucky: my parents saw that I wasn't being challenged in public schools, sacrificed (they're teachers / education administrators), and my last year in public school was 6th grade; and now, with my own children, I'm one of the lucky few who can afford to buy my children's way out of the NYC public system [in] which, despite Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.»

However, despite regional differences showing massive improvement in actual shelter numbers, the entire country remains convinced that a huge pet overpopulation problem exists, and that helpful hands, sympathetic supporters and Herculean efforts are joining forces to «eliminate the problem and to save lives.»

Despite China's herculean efforts to expand grain output, several trends are now converging that make it harder to do so.