Sentences with phrase «with herculean effort»

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

«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.

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.

«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.

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.

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.»

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.

For dogs who were dealing with crippling fear, it takes a Herculean effort on the part of both the dog and his trainer.

When looking for a puppy, remember that all dogs (like all other animals and plants) carry genetic defects, that not all genetic defects cause painful disorders that require Herculean efforts to cure or control, and that chances of getting a pup with fewer serious defects are enhanced if you buy from a responsible breeder who uses the tools scientists have provided.

The reality is that it would take a Herculean effort, time and cost to manually fix and QA by trial and error since we're working with legacy code from PlayStation 3 that was originally intended with 30 FPS in mind.

Specifically, they say that humanity «must begin now to move toward the era beyond fossil fuels», and «the most difficult task, phase - out over the next 20 - 25 years of coal use that does not capture CO2, is Herculean, yet feasible when compared with the efforts that went into World War II.

The Lancaster London's herculean efforts to promote sustainability and awareness of green issues through leading by example have gained them wide recognition within the industry, along with top awards including: «Considerate Hotel of the Year», «Visit London Award for Sustainable Tourism» and «Silver Award from Green Tourism for London» to name a few.

Try as they might, organizations have been trying to get a handle on «culture fit» for years and years, with some standout companies going to herculean efforts to get it right.