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American presidential campaigns are more costly and choreographed than ever before. They are grueling for both candidates and votershttp://econ.st/1G5EqRY

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More Demands on Cell Carriers in Surveillance

By ERIC LICHTBLAU

Cellphone carriers said that they responded to 1.3 million demands last year from law enforcement agencies.

Luke Sharrett for The New York Times

Training Course Opens to Female Marines

By C. J. CHIVERS

Beginning in September, female officer volunteers will participate in the Marine Corps’ Infantry Officer Course, often called the most grueling school by its instructors.

Buddha visit, ice cream as Obama ends Japan visit
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36 Hours in Genoa, Italy

By JEREMY W. PETERS

Genoa, no longer a way station on the Italian Riviera, is bustling with wine bars, restaurants and a newly refurbished waterfront.

In the performance that made her a star in the United States, she played the title role on Broadway in a 1993 revival of “Anna Christie,” Eugene O’Neill’s grueling portrait of a waterfront slattern in confrontation with the abusive men in her life. Embracing the emotional wreckage that showed in her character’s face, she modeled her makeup each night on Edvard Munch’s painting “The Scream.”

munchiesLine breaks: munch|ies

Pronunciation: /ˈmʌntʃɪz/

Definition of munchies in English:

plural noun

informal

1Snacks or small items of food:the nibbles and munchies were delicious

1.1(the munchies) A sudden strong desire for food:I bought a pork pie to stave off the munchies

waterfront
n. a part of a town that borders a body of water.
Liverpool’s waterfronta hotel on the waterfront[AS MODIFIER]: a waterfront restaurant


slattern
noun [C]
1 OLD USE DISAPPROVING a dirty, untidy woman

2 US VERY INFORMAL DISAPPROVING a woman who has many sexual partners, for pleasure or payment




gru·el·ing gru·el·ling (grū'ə-lĭng, grū'lĭng)
also
adj.
Physically or mentally demanding to the point of exhaustion: a grueling campaign.

gruelingly gru'el·ing·ly adv.

grueling, ((英))-ling[gru・el・ing, ((英))-ling]

• レベル：社会人必須
• 発音記号[grúːəliŋ]

[形]へとへとに疲れさせる；とてもひどい

a grueling contest
激しい競技.

━━[名]つらい思い；ひどいしうち；((英))厳罰

give a person a grueling
人をやっつける

get a grueling
ひどい目にあう.

gru・el・ing・ly

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