But you must savour your victories on the rare occasions you achieve them, and accept that, for most of the time, you will be straining to make a case to a world that is not predisposed to listen.
Its creators, back on Earth, will be straining to see if that air carries a whiff of methane.In 2004 three different groups said they had seen signs of methane in the atmosphere of Mars.
There is more than a suspicion that the trial is politically motivated, but there is less outrage towards this trial than towards the one twelve years ago within Malaysia, and the government seems unmoved by the (rather muted) criticism of Mr Anwar's trial in the West.BP will be straining to demonstrate that it is at last on top of the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Reporters will be straining to see any evidence that Democrats and independents, especially women, are shifting Trump's way.
That's how they figure they're going to win the general election, so they'll be straining to outdo each other in this regard.
Sometimes these systems will be strained enough to fail, and when they do, as happened to sewage systems during Hurricane Sandy, costs (both human and financial) skyrocket.
On election day security agencies will be strained while attempting to stop any possible violence and al-Shabaab could take advantage, he said.
Teachers will be strained in their efforts to reach every student — and the resulting damage to children will play out for years to come.
Even with the top up, conversation or telephone calls at anything above 60 mph will be strained, as will listening to that Bose sound system.
Ambitious ninth graders will soon be straining to embody (their imaginary projection of) a college bureaucrat's idea of heartfeltness, and private admissions consultants will soon be coaching their clients on which extracurriculars give off that authentic heartfelt smell.
