Sentences with phrase «with herculean»

The accuser whose accusation is proven unfounded remains anonymous behind the shadowy veil of a mandatory publication ban while the now - acquitted defendant is left with the Herculean task of rehabilitating a reputation left lying in tatters.

Branding, platform, marketing, advertising — all those crazy «buzzwords» — don't sound so crazy when you are faced with the herculean task of trying to get someone to notice you, your book, and actually you know, sell your book.

Compared with the herculean 10 hours turned in by the Nexus 7 on the same test, the Slate 7's endurance leaves something to be desired.

And although the engine is strong and hushed even at speeds nearing its 6800 - rpm redline, the 750Li is most spectacular when flexing its muscles in the midrange, where two silent turbochargers endow the V - 8 with Herculean torque.

Enter Bowen, Chingos, and McPherson with a Herculean effort to examine the correlates of degree completion at America's public universities.

When your friends outside of the bodybuilding community compliment your physique, you remind yourself that they wouldn't say that if they saw that jacked up guy with Herculean composition who trains at your gym.

As recently as the 1970s, deaf children, myself included, had their hands slapped and tied behind their backs as they struggled with the Herculean task of reproducing the sounds of, for them, an unnatural language that they had never heard.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vice President Al Gore today presented Congress with a Herculean plan to restore a more - natural water flow to the Everglades, the vast wetland in southern Florida, while safeguarding the booming region's water supply.

The Chancellor has little room for manoeuvre as he ploughs ahead with the Herculean task of eliminating the deficit over the next four years.

Only a man with herculean ambition could claim that foreign policy should dictate a nation's external events, not the other way around.

For the remainder of the game, the U.S. played down 9 men to 10 with a Herculean effort against a team they've never beaten.

Another cause of wrist injury, though not as frequent, is striking the ball with herculean force.

Not exact matches

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

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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.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross described the trade deal reached with China earlier this month as «pretty much a herculean accomplishment....

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.

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.

Think it would take something herculean for Arsene to lose faith in RvP and B52, especially with 5 senior places spare!

From alleged indiscipline in the President's government, to the Herculean task of defending his administration, and so on, Momodu said the Buhari government had done badly by regularly feeding the people with «impotent» excuses.

His tasks are herculean and compounded by somedeep cultural issues with complicated age - long rivalry amongst YorubaKings.

Niagara County lawmakers received the first segment of a two - part annual briefing on the state of the county's economy and economic development efforts from the men tasked with leading the herculean effort to keep Niagara County's economy growing against the backdrop of a weak national economy Tuesday night.

In a herculean effort, authorities have so far scooped up some 9 million cubic meters of contaminated soil and leaves and washed down buildings and roadways with the goal of reducing outdoor radiation exposure to 0.23 microsieverts per hour.

Even trials with just 30 or so mothers, the target for the OI study, require herculean effort: a dozen academic and industry partners, tens of doctors, millions of dollars.

With digital technology now offering so many compelling options, encouraging children to read books has become a herculean task.

Even with the help of the advanced technology, however, deciphering the Oxyrhynchus papyri remains a herculean task.

«The ease with which this weight loss was achieved in mice — even with continued caloric binging — is in stark contrast to the Herculean difficulties morbidly obese patients experience trying to preserve weight loss through dietary restraint,» adds Dr. Gendler.

«To get (copper) to the correct address (in the cell) without interfering with other proteins, or disrupting other targets that have a high chance of binding copper, is a herculean delivery effort,» Cobine said.

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.

But there are more reasons to give your forearms some tough love other than aesthetics — achieving a complete forearm development will not only help you build a look of Herculean power, it will also translate to a maximum grip strength and enable you to work with heavier weights.

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.

Cutting isn't much fun with calorie restriction, cardio and the herculean effort it takes to get that vascularity and shrink wrap effect.

Given the stigma attached with herpes, individuals think finding a companion would prove to be a herculean task.

However, it is to be borne in mind that the over 40 dating segment is growing at an unprecedented rate over the last 10 years and connecting with over 40 singles is no longer a herculean task.

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However, with the advent of online HIV dating and inception of hundreds of similar websites, finding one that caters to your needs is certainly a herculean task.

Therefore, it goes without saying that finding the right platform where you could connect with like - minded people from all over the world is, in fact, a herculean task.

Thanos is the highlight, a herculean strongman obsessed with balance in all things.

With few exceptions, the herculean combat of the Avengers is mind - numbingly dull.

«Alias Grace» is built around the unrelenting ambiguity of its protagonist, and it manages the Herculean effort of making a six - part miniseries thrum with that same sense of being adrift in a woman's story without having any idea of who she really is.

Jamming 18 movies - worth of characters into one film seems like a Herculean task, and while the Russo Brothers have displayed their strengths in the Marvel universe with two of the MCU's best - received entries (Captain America: The Winter Solider [2014] and Captain America: Civil War), we're wondering how they are going to pull off the balancing act in this film.

Frank is likable enough with his awkward quips and lascivious nature, but he just can't hold a candle to Chuck — his desperation to save his daughter and herculean efforts to rescue as many people as he could were far more compelling.

The group's The Widget Effect largely launched this line of work, and, ever since, they've been arguing for smart evaluation reform and working with states and districts to bring it to life (a herculean task).

His team's herculean efforts to record thousands of videos, create practice problems, and build sophisticated back - end analytics are opening educators» minds to what is possible with online learning.

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.»

It's simply not a Herculean undertaking to familiarize yourself with a handful of elementary - school - level facts about the country whose schools have handed you a high school diploma.

And with the right tools, designing a rigorous and effective test preparation program for your school or classroom doesn't have to be a Herculean effort.

So let's look at how you can accomplish this Herculean feat, with as little pain as possible, have a much better website experience in the long run, and feel good about doing the right thing for all your school website visitors.

During my first few miles with it, I found myself pushing too hard on a clutch pedal that didn't need anything close to a Herculean stomp.

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