It was obvious from her slimmed-down physique that she has worked hard in the brief off-season to get into the best shape of her career, giving her at least a chance to move more lightly across the court, and there was a noticeably sharper spring in her step.
In brief, Columbia Pictures has worked hard to establish a female equivalent to the "Bourne" franchise.
Lynne Featherstone MP, Home Office minister The Liberal Democrat has worked hard on her equality brief, pressing for gay marriage and the end of the ban on gay men donating blood.
Earlier the composer and pianist Nico Muhly, who has worked extensively with Mr. Glass, played five brief, appealing original pieces with the violist Nadia Sirota.
Bass Wyden has worked there since she was sixteen, with a brief stint working at Exxon as a business consultant.
He has had brief periods of sobriety and has worked on and off in construction, but his work ethic is no match for his alcoholism.
The chef, who has worked at Range and Serpentine in San Francisco, changes the brief menu regularly.
Since then he has worked with the youth teams at Loftus Road and had a brief spell as caretaker boss four years ago.
The intervention by Merkel, hours after the prime minister called for Britain to be exempted from the EU's founding objective to create "an ever-closer union", delighted Downing Street which had worked hard to brief on Cameron's speech.
Despite having worked for a brief period in industry and always having had an interest in commerce, he says that, at that time, he really didn't have a clue about it.
