Everything on the page is the result of a series of strenuous choices, none inevitable, and reminding the reader just who made these choices (whether conscious or not) can be amusing, aesthetically useful and a great relief from the constraints of the traditional conventions of fiction.
The reality television program The Biggest Loser which debuted on American TV in 2004 features morbidly obese contestants in their quest to lose weight by submitting to a plan that combines strenuous exercise with healthy eating choices.
The wideranging choices feel overly strenuous, as if Williams were literally spinning plates, and the skittishness extends to the wait staff, many of whom don't appear to be comfortable talking about food.
His picture opportunity of choice sees him undertaking strenuous, punishing exercise.
According to HelpAge International, an agency working on older people's rights and livelihoods, more than 90% of Ugandan's don't have any choice but to continue often physically demanding, strenuous and badly paid work into very old age with no form of state support.
We have sued banks for discriminatory predatory lending despite their financial support of the N.A.A.C.P. We backed the Employee Free Choice Act, a labor rights bill, over the strenuous objections of several large retail donors.
Britain faces difficult choices about its future energy supplies yet every proposal meets strenuous, sometimes hostile, objections.
Higher SEP may promote better living and healthier working conditions [ 11- 13], as well as healthier lifestyle, attitudes and choices [ 14] and is usually associated with physically less strenuous and psychosocially more rewarding work and better housing conditions than lower SEP.
Beside the side effects of especially atypical antipsychotics on body weight [ 3], the higher prevalence of these conditions is associated with more sedentary lifestyles, which include less mild or strenuous forms of physical activity (PA) [ 4, 5], and poorer dietary choices compared with the general population [ 6, 7].
