When the late Robin Williams morphed from sitcom star to movie actor, it took him just one light-hearted role (as Popeye) before finding his groove in The World According to Garp, a breakthrough performance that would lead him to a succession of even more demanding assignments -- from Dead Poets Society to The Fisher King to Good Will Hunting.
One of the first things new managers discover is that their role, by definition a stretch assignment, is even more demanding than they'd anticipated.
Students have become more demanding and jobs more in demand.
New York and up to 25 other states are moving toward changing the way they grant licenses to teachers, de-emphasizing tests and written essays in favor of a more demanding approach that requires aspiring teachers to prove themselves through lesson plans, homework assignments and videotaped instruction sessions.
It proved to be a very demanding assignment and a tremendous learning opportunity that provided her with a lot more clarity on the subject, while also earning her an invaluable mentor in Dr. Leeds.
However, if students are exposed only to such assignments, it is unlikely they will learn to succeed in the more demanding intellectual challenges posed by the modern workplace and by civic and personal affairs.
As we will mention later, the converse property, that each meaning assignment's validity-refuting power is modeled by some structure, is also a natural but more demanding requirement on a notion of structure.
Trained staff may well be allocated more demanding and rewarding responsibilities for importation and marketing rather than ensuring safe handling and use, leaving these sensitive assignments to more junior and less qualified staff.
Men are much more demanding".
Mom is the more demanding diner.
It is a more demanding, narcissistic culture.
