Sentences with phrase «herculean effort»

After 48 hours of Herculean effort by Vernon, we got the facts.

«Substantial reductions in emissions are possible for both the U.S. and the rest of the world, but it will take herculean efforts and transforming the global energy system into one that does not use the sky as a waste dump,» Caldeira said.

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.

A baby who is not ready to sleep yet will fight against the sleep with Herculean effort.

Actresses and models go through herculean efforts to be skinny because their living depends on it.

Rashford performance remarkable after Herculean effort against Chelsea.

She's actively listening and responding to their needs, across platforms, with almost Herculean effort for a sole proprietor.

Because (1) that's clearly an absurd and impossible position which won't work — these people just don't get along, and chances are nearly certain that at least one of them already HAS put in herculean efforts at doing so (people just don't divorce «suddenly»), and (2) that's not the agenda.

These are the people whose herculean efforts produced stand - out performances in green this year.

In fact, there's nothing «average» about Garland's near Herculean effort to...

But unless you're a bonafide celebrity, or put Herculean effort into hand - selling, you are unlikely to break a thousand sales just because people like you (no matter how many FB friends you have).

Once the decision was made in 2009 to feature the Alamosaurus at the new facility, Tykoski recalls it was a three - year Herculean effort to get the vertebrae ready for the Museum's debut.

This is sad, horrifying and often gruesome, but it is a story worth hearing as Aronson gives us a sense of the confusing, painful and Herculean effort involved in the most basic identification.

In the accompanying text, Pakenham provides humorous anecdotes about the natural and cultural histories of the trees, not to mention the sometimes herculean efforts he made to get up close and personal with them.

For many people, festive get - togethers become a place diets go off the rails, where a week of herculean effort becomes a mindless woohoo weekend that typically begins with something like a basket of chips and salsa tossed back with a few margaritas.

It took 12 people to lift the sedated animal, a truly herculean effort.

We basically started a complete redesign of the campaign about a year and a half in, a very silly Herculean effort.

It beggars belief that it should have required such herculean efforts by the EFF and other principled intervenors to suspend the iron hammer of the DMCA — a 1998 law written to penalize software & music piracy (cracking software and CDs)-- from being used as a blunt intimidation tool by corporations against researchers and watchdogs whose only wish is to peak out the blacked - out windows of this runaway train and warn us of the pending risks we (the occupants) face.

The world's largest semiconductor chip maker is making Herculean efforts to commercialize 10 - nanometer chips.

But often, in spite of Herculean effort by teachers and administrators, it does not.

Now, through herculean efforts, researchers are one step closer to figuring out what makes the animals so nimble.

Some described almost Herculean efforts required that were unheard of a generation earlier.

I conclude, once again, that herculean efforts at reconceptualizing theology's quandary over the interrelatedness of God's power and [97] love simply have not brought sufficiently fresh insight to the task.

The best of her earliest roles was in Singin» in the Rain (1952); Freeman played long - suffering vocal coach Phoebe Dinsmore, whose Herculean efforts to get dumb movie star Jean Hagen to grasp the proper enunciation of the phrase «I can't staaaand him» proved uproariously futile.

In fact, there's nothing «average» about Garland's near Herculean effort to adapt VanderMeer's novel, a novel many consider rightly unfilmable as written.

For the average entrepreneur, the challenge of designing ads that stand out amid the glut of content littering their audiences» newsfeed requires an almost herculean effort.

Bill was saying, «It's great when startups can figure out how to grow to be worth tens of millions and then generate hundreds of millions, but it is a Herculean effort to get it from hundreds of millions of revenue to billions.»

Top tip: One founder is not ideal, unless you are ready to make a herculean effort.

As consumers, it's easy to take this information for granted, but make no mistake: It took a herculean effort from the Routehappy team to build this rich content marketplace and a truly disruptive approach to the industry standard.

The Herculean efforts and voices of the Parkland students, their devoted parents and teachers will be an exercise in futility unless they simultaneously address the malignant disease that has devoured our democracy.

With conditions in Puerto Rico set to decline in the near future, and Herculean efforts required to return the country to growth, it may be some time before Puerto Rico can re-open the possibility of paying any debts, let alone its current debts.

Even with the promise of a special classroom, getting anxious kids to Roxbury High each morning demands a herculean effort from the program's teachers and therapists.

Herculean efforts are required by the global chocolate industry to ensure that sourced cocoa supplies are not linked to exploited or trafficked child labour, underlines labour watchdog International Labor Rights Forum.

Bailey explained that with national food supply chains, even with the best of intentions, excellent supply chain logistics and herculean efforts, 5 percent to 10 percent of products might be mislabeled in stores at any given time.

Knowing this, I hope you can appreciate the herculean effort it took me to give up this hummus to my boyfriend.

On Wednesday, James gave a Herculean effort and it wasn't enough.

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.

The French striker is sure to start but the boss might not want him to play the full game after his Herculean efforts in Greece.

I appreciate the herculean effort we produced but we should have been favourites to progress from the group when it was drawn anyway and after witnessing the monaco game last season, not to mention going three nil up against anderlecht only to draw 3 - 3 you could forgive many for not having unwavering belief in this jekyll and hyde side.

The No. 8 Marquette Golden Eagles took care of business Saturday afternoon in the Big East regular season finale against the No. 11 Georgetown Hoyas, winning in decisive fashion, 83 - 69, behind a herculean effort from forward Jae Crowder, who punished the Georgetown front line with 26 points, 14 rebounds and five steals.

Just as silly as it was to degrade LeBron for failing to knock off Golden State a year ago, it's absurd to diminish the Warriors now for having no answer to LeBron's Herculean efforts.