Sentences with phrase «year herculean effort»

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.

Not exact matches

Herculean conservation efforts — carving out nature reserves, establishing captive breeding programs, pumping water into swamps in dry years — have done little to shore up the tortoise's future in the wild, which is why Mitchell and her colleagues have turned to assisted colonization.

That teeny - tiny, very sick preemie is now a horse vet in Virginia, and her survival is in no small part due to the herculean efforts of the 75 - year - old March of Dimes.

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.»

I spent three years following an elementary / middle school in Newark and was consistently struck by the herculean effort exerted by the principal and his staff, and the extensive time required just to show incremental progress.

Delegates heard from NEA Education Support Professional (ESP) of the Year Doreen McGuire - Grigg, who spoke of the herculean efforts of ESPs throughout the nation.

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.

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

It is a Herculean effort to pull this book together each year and have it ready by Artexpo, but somehow my team ALWAYS does it.

Even worse were the Herculean efforts of Dr. Georg Beck (http://tinyurl.com/2ebtvnj) in reconstructing the atmospheric levels of CO2 extending back 180 years.

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.

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

It was through Herculean efforts that the library was rebuilt over the years that followed and became the location that it is today.

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.

I'd like to particularly thank our A-Team members (Appropriations - Team) for their herculean efforts over the past year.