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Not anymore. Age and wear and tear from his grueling 12-round battles with Pacquiao have had an impact on him.

Obama might have sensed from the outset it would not be a grueling exercise.

Her remarks appeared to close the door on any further talks on the pact, the subject of nearly a year of grueling negotiations.

He said in a statement issued by his production company that it was one of his most grueling shoots ever.

I knew he would give Hillary the kind of support she needed for the grueling task ahead of us.

Needless to say, as I added a grueling concert schedule to my teaching and recording obligations, my life became ever more stressful.

It was a much-needed triumph for a nation dealing with the grueling and costly preparations for next month's Olympics.

Back in Chicago after a grueling trip to Washington, D. C. , Nick unloads file boxes from the trunk of his car.

The process was very grueling but He was not afraid of hardship. Thus, this Enlightened One came into being. We call Him the Buddha.

All through the long, hot day of grueling calisthenics, basic fighting stances and kicking techniques, nobody complains.

Maybe they were still tired from a grueling season that appeared to take its toll during the just-completed trip in which they went 5-2.

Yesterday, I had this grueling fight scene with Gary Oldman. I know that it would have been much more difficult to do if I wasn't in shape.

Yao told the China Daily that the film work was more grueling than a tough basketball game.

Florence Nightingale was doing this grueling work for it was alive, not because she had chosen it.

The participants continued on this grueling schedule for three weeks, at which time they were considered chronically sleep deprived.

The schedule of the promotional tour for his film 'Aftershock' may be grueling, but it does offer some comforts.

The NBA season is so grueling and long and the body takes quite a beating.

The guys think they're going to be on a show called All American Man, competing in grueling physical challenges.

Grueling work hours can add to anxiety and a lack of health care means that stress-related illnesses will go untreated.

South Korea puts its athletes through some of the most grueling training in sports, and its archers may face the toughest regimen of all.

The Japanese government itself is still struggling to inspire trust, but it too might emerge stronger from this grueling experience.

Friday will bring a 5. 5-mile run, the extra half-mile my grueling expiation of any gastronomical indulgences during the week.

I'll never forget the feeling I got one winter night as I walked the deserted streets after many grueling hours at the hospital.

It's an intense time of year for these teenage athletes, running drills and honing their skills for long hours in the grueling heat.

This doesn't have to be a 30 minute commitment or a grueling run around the neighborhood.

But for foster parents like Mrs. Coe, a sense of heroism can get buried by the grueling routine.

He joined the Territorial Special Air Service at age 17, one of the younger men to pass the service's grueling selection process.

The last few days have been the most grueling.

Despite the grueling war that had just ended, he believed that arcane magic alone could save the night elves from a second invasion.

Besides, the great mass participation and the grueling competitions are exactly what mass media focuses its attention on.

At the end of another grueling season, at the most demanding time of year, his tank was empty.

It impressed his teammates and Knight, whose practices were notoriously grueling, his reputation for being difficult on players well-earned.

How would a man in the midst of such grueling competition ACT so joyously?

Was Obama really going to chair a major strategy session the morning after winning the longest and most grueling campaign on record?

Professional women increasingly find themselves with these same types of grueling to-do lists.

Many outsiders wondered whether Jackson could pull off the physically grueling task of mounting 50 concerts.

We spent 14 grueling hours on the crossing, along with thousands of other Palestinians, desperate to either leave or enter the Strip.

Its 681 pages of text are at times as grueling as a forced march across the Mongolian steppe.

Following four hours of grueling competition and eight laborious costume changes, it's time to determine the winner.

So, too, can a "hired gun" test taker who will assume the student's identity for the grueling two-day college entrance exam.

After enduring extreme pain and trauma , the wounded face a grueling physical and psychological struggle in rehab .

Digging for those answers is a grueling exercise--one that takes serious intellectual and emotional honesty.

"It was grueling preparation, " Christensen recalled. "It was not a lot of fun and not something I plan to repeat. "

It demanded burning the candle at both ends. He was trading twenty-one markets and taking a grueling twenty-one semester hours.

More serious quality problem is discovered by checkers , besides grueling, should report to the leadership to resolve in time.

Assuming that any liberals survive this grueling process, economic reform cannot get restarted for years.

A recent Harvard University graduate who had frequently fantasized about life without grueling hours on the ice, but who persevered anyway.

In Rajasthan, women turn to grueling wage labor, earning two dollars a day for digging a reservoir.

A typical day might being with grueling interviews but end with mountain biking, roller blading , or laser tag.

For years, I drove more than 20 miles to work, often in grueling conditions from my home in the suburbs to downtown Atlanta.

The grueling and intense training is a good test those applying to NASA's post-shuttle astronaut corp.

Six months later, after a grueling recovery process, my doctor finally gives me the nod to partake in regular physical activity again.

The college application process is a grueling and nerve- wracking experience.

The U. S. emerged from the grueling 2007-2009 recession just over two years ago.

He had entered grueling lumberjack competitions, and had placed often.

It was a grueling time for Mr. Fox, say associates.

Having sailed for many grueling months, Admiral Proudmoore was searching for any Alliance survivors he could find.

Only through grueling, hard work can you hope to understand or belong to the new world that is constantly (and rudely) emerging.

While Ella kept a grueling touring schedule, performing in front of millions of fans, she managed to keep her personal life private.

So, she began a grueling Buddhist ritual of lowering her body to the ground after every three steps.

Science means honest, solid knowledge, allowing not and iota of falsehood, and it involves Herculean effort and grueling toil.

School does not have to be grueling to be good.

Irene Roberts, a 68-year-old medical secretary, underwent grueling chemotherapy for ovarian and breast cancer.

The 2007 American League Most Valuable Player is noted for his grueling workouts .

I've seen others go through fertility treatments, and know that the process is emotionally and physically grueling, as well as expensive.

In Rajasthan, women turn to grueling wage labor, earning twodollars a day for digging a reservoir.

Nursing school was grueling, especially for someone who'd never used a computer.

For poor women "home production" can also include such grueling chores as gathering firewood and carrying water.

t's now over seven hours since they began their grueling journey, and the marathon still lies ahead.

The prolonged siege at Saleucami took five long months of grueling warfare.

Grit predicts which cadets will stick out their first grueling year at West Point.

A grueling five-month journey through the interior.

In the grueling, relentless 110-degree heat, the troops set up fortifications around their camp at Balad Air Base, a former Saddam facility.

After receiving helpful advice from Oogway, however, Po endures his grueling training.

Though the regimen sounds grueling, it is hardly a starvation diet, experts said.

Now, it's time for high school juniors to begin the grueling race to get into college.

And for people like Simpson, they can be as grueling as any physical workout.

In my karate class of 20 students, the instructor yelled, "No pain, no gain, " amid grueling instructions.

Last summer was personally grueling for me.

He endured hours of grueling questioning.

He made the decision after talking to his wife about the impact of a grueling campaign on his young children,

But sometimes activites such as sculpting, research, music, dance involve decades of grueling hard work without a reward.

The Hawaii Ironman is even more grueling.

Busing tables was grueling work.

It can be even more grueling when the enterprise uses multiple, disparate systems.

It's called the Gaokao, and 80 million high school Chinese students have already taken this grueling test.

And 80 million high school Chinese students have already taken this grueling test. The intensity to learn English is almost unimaginable.

We're brought up with our parents making us think that work is some kind of grueling sacrifice they've done to "give us a better life. "

Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii .

In my recent past I've announced 30 days of yoga, writing a novel in 30 days, and some grueling physical challenges.

Ten years of often grueling study, now I already swell with pride and hope, confidence.

Or, most memorably, makes her two daughters' music lessons so grueling that one girl leaves tooth marks on the piano?

And the journey that once took Eisenhower 62 grueling days now it can be done in 4.

Just as a writer learns the spontaneous freedom of expression only after years of often grueling study,

Grueling stress of trying to hit deadlines so you don't upset your investors

After a grueling week, President Obama took his family to see a dance performance at the Kennedy Center,

The agreement, and after six grueling days and nights of negotiations,

adj severe; exhausting; a grueling trial, ordeal, race

Thus began the grueling journey through grief