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  • Assiduous font-spotters might glimpse an occasional bit of Standard Medium in some subway stations, but, as Mr. Shaw makes clear in one of the best-researched books on modern design to date, this most New York of places is today a realm dominated by a Swiss typeface specified by a pair of Italian designers.

    When in Helvetica Michael Bierut 2011

  • Well, I'm ``Viscountess Anne the Assiduous of Lardle Midhoop'' for what it's worth.

    Peculiar AristocraticTitle Zoe Brain 2007

  • Assiduous collecting up cliff faces yields zigzags, minor oscillations, and the very occasional slight accumulation of change over millions of years, at a rate too slow to really account for all the prodigious change that has occurred in evolutionary history.

    Dembski and Common Descent - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • Assiduous steam-cleaning of the engine compartment is one remedy, along with various techie devices (of which repellent scents aren't reportedly very effective) But as Project Marderabwehr shows, car owners often try folksier ideas, from chicken wire over the engine, via garlic, to a stocking containing hair of the Bernese Mountain Dog.

    Archive 2004-05-01 Ray Girvan 2004

  • Assiduous steam-cleaning of the engine compartment is one remedy, along with various techie devices (of which repellent scents aren't reportedly very effective) But as Project Marderabwehr shows, car owners often try folksier ideas, from chicken wire over the engine, via garlic, to a stocking containing hair of the Bernese Mountain Dog.

    When martens attack! Ray Girvan 2004

  • Assiduous collecting up cliff faces yields zigzags, minor oscillations, and the very occasional slight accumulation of change—over millions of years, at a rate too slow to account for all the prodigious change that has occurred in evolutionary history.

    Is One "King Kong" Movie worth 1000 Darwin Exhibits? - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Assiduous cultivation of the intellectual side; 5.

    The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga A. P. Mukerji

  • Assiduous scholars improve _very fast_; idle scholars learn _none at all_.

    English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Samuel Kirkham

  • Assiduous to gain their tongue and impart our own, the Admiral, beside his own effort, told off for especial teachers and scholars Luis Torres and Juan Lepe.

    1492, 1922

  • Assiduous as he had been before, Dan'l had redoubled his attentions, and he was seldom found far distant from Anton's side.

    The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

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