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And these doubts have only multiplied thanks to the Job-like health problems of Riccardo Muti in Chicago and James Levine in Boston this season.

Restoring the National's Glory David Mermelstein 2011

And Muscadet producers have endured a Job-like array of problems in recent years.

Cheap but Charming: Dipping Into Muscadet Lettie Teague 2011

Slightly Invisible, their fourth adventure, is out this month, and will satisfy parents who've been longing for Charlie's Job-like patience with his recalcitrant younger sister to run out.

A life in books: Lauren Child Sarah Crown 2010

So, I feel it my duty to soldier on in the search, a Job-like task because even in success, there is failure: Every time a new Googlenope is created and published, it dies as a Googlenope.

A Place Called Nope: Gene Weingarten on Googlenopes and Googleyups 2010

Mr. President, you have the reputation of being a somewhat impatient man, somewhat quick on the draw, but it seems to me, sir, under these circumstances, that you displayed Job-like patience.

David Colbert: Harry Truman Talks About Firing General Douglas MacArthur 2010

His former champions in the press are picking on him, writing hatchet jobs, he suggests, but it is his Job-like lot to be treated unfairly.

The McCain Mutiny 2010

Among the qualities that make Iron Butterflies exceptional: 1. how they prevail over a Job-like procession of obstacles that are a revelation to white male readers in particular, 2. their willingness to look deep into their souls and open themselves to change when they learn the extent to which they've been contorted by adopting a man's traditional approach.

Russ Wellen: Iron Butterflies: How Women Can Rule the World Without Compromising Their Best Qualities 2010

This time their protagonist, Larry Gopnik, a nerdy college professor whose life is starting to completely unravel, is an innocent Job-like figure whose world has quickly turned against him.

David Shasha: Killing Off a Simple Jewish Soul in 'A Serious Man' 2010

Mr. President, you have the reputation of being a somewhat impatient man, somewhat quick on the draw, but it seems to me, sir, under these circumstances, that you displayed Job-like patience.

David Colbert: Harry Truman Talks About Firing General Douglas MacArthur 2010

Among the qualities that make Iron Butterflies exceptional: 1. how they prevail over a Job-like procession of obstacles that are a revelation to white male readers in particular, 2. their willingness to look deep into their souls and open themselves to change when they learn the extent to which they've been contorted by adopting a man's traditional approach.

Russ Wellen: Iron Butterflies: How Women Can Rule the World Without Compromising Their Best Qualities 2010