In the absence of an elaborate system of administration, the authority of the government was strengthened by the ubiquity of its representatives, and no one set a more strenuous example than the king himself.
Katsouranis's advice notwithstanding, the stage seems set for a deluge of strenuous geopolitically-inflected punditry.
But such growth is set against the China's strenuous efforts to restrict its citizens' access to the web.
Balls will make the announcement on the first full day of the Labour conference in Manchester, a day that also looks set to be marked by strenuous efforts to persuade a sceptical electorate that Ed Miliband has the leadership qualities and mainstream background to make him a prime minister that can reunite the country.
The village has a deli stocked with dozens of salamis, mountain cheeses, chocolates and cakes, which set us up nicely for the strenuous day ahead, a 16km slog over Colle del Turlo (2,738m), passing forests and turquoise whirlpools.
However, a bout with malaria in Florida led him to contemplate a less strenuous journey, so he set course instead for California, where he'd read about the beauty of Yosemite Valley.
Flea, however, began to feel the repercussions of touring causing the band to set up concerts that were less strenuous, and consequently less financially rewarding, for them.
It was not until after "Thriller" became the soundtrack for a global decade that Mr. Jackson set out on the road to his more strenuous physical transformations.
This tender novel about two people looking for "moments of grace" is set in the very recent past, and a strenuous topicality — Barack Obama and Bernard Madoff loom large — occasionally undermines the emotional pull.
"Three Stages of Amazement," by Carol Edgarian (Scribner; $25) This tender novel about two people looking for "moments of grace" is set in the very recent past, and a strenuous topicality — Barack Obama and Bernard Madoff loom large — occasionally undermines the emotional pull.
