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  • Associated Press President Theodore Roosevelt After the war, in 1899, he gave his famous speech on the cultivation of national virtues, "The Strenuous Life."

    How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football John J. Miller 2011

  • Strenuous efforts by Europe to contain its debts, the ability of Japan's crucial export sector to weather a strengthening yen and strong corporate earnings in the U.S. have played a big part in convincing investors that the outlook is pretty promising for advanced economies in 2011.

    Investors pull billions out of emerging markets 2011

  • Strenuous defenses, I came to see, are no mere academic theme for Vaillant, who has molded his life story like so much clay.

    What Makes Us Happy? 2009

  • Strenuous efforts are being made in Whitehall – and the City – to ensure the survival of the country's biggest provider of residential care.

    Editorial | Social care: Cross purposes 2011

  • Strenuous defenses, I came to see, are no mere academic theme for Vaillant, who has molded his life story like so much clay.

    What Makes Us Happy? 2009

  • Strenuous reviews have taken place to ensure the project at Romney would not adversely affect navigation, flood control or wildlife.

    Queen's green energy project fails to win backing from banks 2011

  • Strenuous Turkish efforts to obtain information from the U.S. about PKK camps and operations in Iraq met first with stonewalling and then a flurry of intelligence that proved to be useless.

    Michael Brenner: A Taste of Turkish Delight 2010

  • Strenuous exercise increases the tendency to get reflux.

    Leo Galland, M.D.: Acid Reflux: The Truth Behind Heartburn 2010

  • Strenuous exercise pretty much guarantees solitude, at least for a man married to me.

    Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010

  • Strenuous Turkish efforts to obtain information from the U.S. about PKK camps and operations in Iraq met first with stonewalling and then a flurry of intelligence that proved to be useless.

    Michael Brenner: A Taste of Turkish Delight 2010

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