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The reporters' work was no doubt made difficult by the same rigors faced by delegates, who kept working even though the interpreters went home and, says the WP , the dining hall was down to just a few bananas.
Servicemen relaxing from the rigors of the Vietnam War poured millions of dollars into the Wan Chai boom of the 1960s.
Still, basic training is meant to model some of the rigors of war, and it turns out to be a useful model indeed: The complaints of sexual harassment that deluged the Army after the Aberdeen scandal (which itself didn't involve basic training) show how male and female psychology can complicate life for a sexually integrated army.
Mr. Barksdale appears to believe that the government should protect Netscape from the rigors of free market competition."
About 50,000 statues remain — from the size of a postage stamp to the height of a five-story house — despite the rigors of time, the weather, and marauders.