| 单词 | Sisyphean |
| 例句 | Could it be, I wondered, that these children died every evening only to be resurrected by the loop, like some Sisyphean suicide cult, condemned to be blown up and stitched back together for eternity? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Making himself useful as always, he took upon himself the Sisyphean task of keeping all those Modernist surfaces sparkling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A tragic figure whose stoic demeanor masks a writhing pain within, Konieczny’s Dutchman rises above earthly concerns but rages with focused fury against the ever-fresh torments of his Sisyphean predicament. Review: A Singer Returns to Shore at the Met in ‘Dutchman’ 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z With the important exception of Scrat — the obsessive rodent whose Sisyphean pursuit of an acorn is one of the great love stories of our time — the “Ice Age” movies go in the opposite direction. Review: ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift,’ With Ray Romano 2012-07-12T13:54:00Z At the heart of almost every sketch there's a Sisyphean frustration. Portlandia: box set review 2013-06-27T14:00:01Z It is an endless loop, a Sisyphean ordeal without end as he seems fated never to cross the top of that hill. Beam me up, Site festival: Conquistador heads for the rafters 2012-05-21T15:20:06Z In the meantime, I've been sucked wholesale back into the game's Sisyphean survival mode. No Man's Sky Is Becoming Delightfully Mysterious and Weird 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Not only because keeping up with the untold numbers of adult web pages that appear every day is a Sisyphean task, but also because children are not fools. Web filtering: Why a Great British Firewall will be useless 2010-12-20T11:47:09Z Photograph: guardian.co.uk Pity the poor censors at the Chinese ministry of culture, for they have set themselves a Sisyphean task. Lady Gaga and Katy Perry: banned in China for 'being vulgar' 2011-08-24T19:30:01Z When you add countertops the color of freshly fallen snow to this already neurotic equation, spot-cleaning takes on Sisyphean proportions. "Clean is never clean enough": Are white countertops good for obsessive cooks? 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Toward the end of one piece the answer is, “not everything is Sisyphean. no one ever wants to imagine themselves as the boulder.” Review | Four new poetry collections bring pain — and hope — into sharp relief 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z A speedboat breezes through as if to mock this slow and Sisyphean labour. Mark Wallinger: Site; Yoko Ono: To the Light – review 2012-06-23T23:05:31Z The human aspect has been assigned to the flesh-and-blood cast members, and it is a Sisyphean duty. | 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark': Good vs. Evil, Hanging by a Thread 2011-02-08T03:01:17Z But no matter how organized you are, it can feel like a Sisyphean task to get dinner on the table for the whole crew seven nights a week. 8 powerhouse pantry staples parents need to make dinner happen 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Making it past Le Baron’s door is a Sisyphean task for those without connections. French Impresarios Infiltrate New York?s Party Scene 2012-02-24T22:57:05Z The world is riddled with such exasperating errors, and Ms. Streisand sees herself as burdened with the Sisyphean task of uprooting them. Barbra Streisand Sets the Record Straight 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z As expressed through Ms. Louis-Dreyfus’s electric hunger, “Veep” is about the Sisyphean tease of being this close to power and never quite grasping it. ‘Veep’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ Echo Our Politics, as Farce and Tragedy 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z This is a feminist movie with a Sisyphean dimension that’s disquietingly universal. ‘Herself’ Review: She Does It All 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z An account of the misguided history and dire results of America’s wildfire management policy that also captures the Sisyphean struggles of the men and women who battle blazes for a living. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z How to keep the modern dance heavy alive and kicking continues to be the great, perhaps Sisyphean, challenge for the Graham center’s artistic director, Janet Eilber. Dance Review: Martha Graham Dance Company at the Joyce 2012-03-19T22:17:11Z And in “Untitled,” a small, square painting done the year Guston died, a gray battered stone with one staring eye contemplates the Sisyphean task of rolling itself up an incline. After a Tempest, Philip Guston Shines in a Show True to His Spirit 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z But his body is almost half a century older, his torso thicker, his hips and shoulders far less flexible, the grating amplified scuff of his feet on the floor decidedly more Sisyphean. Bruce Nauman, Art Provocateur, Returns. Are You Ready? 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z He catalogs Jimmy Carter’s Sisyphean struggle to make energy independence a central issue during his presidency. Books of The Times: ?The Quest? by Daniel Yergin - Review 2011-09-20T12:00:00Z After the Japanese nuclear catastrophe at Fukushima Daiichi in 2011, the Tokyo Electric Power Company set up a continuous live web feed of what proved to be a Sisyphean cleanup effort. ‘The Fifth Season’ 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The advantage of Winnicott’s model is that it is, on the one hand, radically forgiving, sensitive to motherhood’s Sisyphean demands and emotional complexity. Doris Lessing’s “The Fifth Child” and the Spectre of the Ambivalent Mother 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z Even the ambitious colleagues among them are occasionally reminded of how Sisyphean their efforts are. Smart Watch: Salon's guide to TV this week 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z When you add countertops the color of freshly fallen snow to this already neurotic equation, spot-cleaning takes on Sisyphean proportions. "Clean is never clean enough": Are white countertops good for obsessive cooks? 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z If you do discover mold in your home, realize that hiring someone to remove it will probably be a Sisyphean task unless you address the underlying issue: moisture. Mold is an expensive and dangerous problem. Here’s how to get ahead of it. 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z As it tumbles on its Sisyphean journey, pieces break off; it slowly disintegrates. Artists turn L.A. gallery into a museum of nuclear dystopia 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z In research for his book, Sutton found that nurses often have rooms in hospitals – fortresses of solitude if you will – to which they retreat to gather themselves for the Sisyphean struggle against manifold jerks. Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein and all: have we reached ‘peak asshole’? 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z “Is the sculpting a Sisyphean thing,” wonders the interviewer, who must have an exceptional gastric constitution to have been able to transcribe his own interjections from the tape. Who let Brad Pitt’s fashotainment shoot happen? 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z "The Hurt Locker" found a man on a tense, Sisyphean journey into and back into conflict-ridden Iraq. New York film fest: Kathryn Bigelow's small film on a big topic: elephants 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z It settles on surfaces and in corners almost as soon as you’ve removed it, and for that reason, dusting seems like a Sisyphean task. Dusting is the ultimate Sisyphean task. Here’s how to do it right. 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Their rhythmic, Sisyphean actions are accompanied by blues singing and cello. Review | A searing, all-star art show explores Black grief from the civil rights era to now 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Higginbotham describes an excruciating aftermath, as Pripyat’s residents were coaxed into a “temporary” evacuation and middle-aged reservists were drafted into a haphazard cleanup process — though “cleanup” doesn’t convey the perilous, Sisyphean ordeal they faced. An Enthralling and Terrifying History of the Nuclear Meltdown at Chernobyl 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Considering the goal of serenity, it seemed somewhat Sisyphean that the audience was being encouraged to promote all these recommendations on multiple social-media feeds. A Deep Breath Before the Runway 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z It is a lyrical meditation on being forced to move to another location after the party’s over, on the Sisyphean task of trying to replicate the magic of young passion. Oliver and Elio Are Back 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z You have called this your own Sisyphean moment. Terry Gilliam and the Time He Shared a Crew With ‘Star Wars’ 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z In each mode, the dynamic is Sisyphean: Push the boxes to one side and then back again. Review: Raphael Xavier, Breaking Out of Boxes, Barely 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z “Film preservation is a Sisyphean task,” Mr. Siegel said, an indisputable statement, but not a completely pessimistic one. Film Riches, Cleaned Up for Posterity 2010-10-14T22:49:00Z But she acknowledges that the wider struggle verges on the Sisyphean. Daryl Hannah: ‘It’s scary being in solitary’ 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z “Recovery Boys” depicts a tough battle, but one that is not necessarily Sisyphean. 3 Sobering Documentaries on Netflix, Fandor and Field of Vision 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Her film career has locked her into a Sisyphean purgatory of third-rate romcoms that bring her humiliation. Jennifer Aniston's success rests on our thinking of her as a loser | David Cox 2010-03-22T10:45:00Z Though “Megafire” and “Firestorm” cover much of the same alarming ground, Kodas’s book is far better at capturing the Sisyphean struggles of the men and women who battle blazes for a living. Are the American West’s Wildfires Inevitable? 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z In the Sisyphean struggle between humans and nature, it’s wise not to bet against nature. The new American status symbol: A backyard that’s basically a fancy living room 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z The strenuous piano writing eventually yields a slow, Sisyphean climb up the keyboard, not once but twice, the second trudge seeming merely repetitive and labored. Charlotte Hellekant and John Luther Adams at Spoleto USA 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z What’s more, he accepts the Sisyphean task of tussling with a writer who has fallen into an anonymity in Algeria almost as deep as the dead Arab’s. An Algerian novelist takes on Camus in ‘The Meursault Investigation’ 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z It refers to Ralston's adventure as "the triumph of the human spirit, of survival against Sisyphean odds, of rebirth". On the set of 127 Hours, the first big film of 2011 2011-01-01T00:04:00Z Was it a Herculean task or a Sisyphean one? "Why Fish Don't Exist" explores eugenics in the US, a Hawaiian murder plot, and the meaning of life 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Dale is a national treasure, imported last year from the Toronto Star, where he won accolades for bravely tackling the Sisyphean task of fact-checking Trump. Perspective | Fact-checking Trump’s lies is essential. It’s also increasingly fruitless. 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z It’s a little labored—but the argument itself, its spirals of talk and Sisyphean seesaws of power, is meaningful in its dynamics. The Agreeable Staginess of “State of the Union” 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z The endless chore of the garden, this Sisyphean task of keeping nature under control, seemed to oppress him. Now we await the floodwaters, this time with a peppering of pipes and carrots 2013-01-27T00:04:04Z But this is impossible to imagine in an America where even public investment in necessary infrastructure is a Sisyphean political challenge. 'Culture Crash' examines the crisis in the creative industry 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The daily, Sisyphean survival struggles of low-income Americans are not often glimpsed on Broadway. This season, Broadway flouts its grit (and some glitz) 2011-06-03T18:24:03Z On again, and here is the Sisyphean Finnish artist who puts shattered trees back together, root and branch, producing supernaturally animated glades. 55th Venice Biennale – review 2013-06-01T23:05:00Z This moving Sisyphean parable, in which the seasons unfold beautifully on the wide screen, uses no dialogue, highlighting the characters' suffering in silence. Kaneto Shindo 2012-05-30T16:58:59Z Courage, in turn, must take on the Sisyphean task of protecting it, even though the tree knows it will be in vain. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z The Well is the latest endeavor in humans’ Sisyphean effort to stave off illness, infirmity and, though the word is rarely uttered in the wellness world, death. Wellness is an industry, a journey and now a $5,000-a-year club 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z And following the end of “active cleanup,” getting BP to actually deal with the tarballs now often requires Sisyphean feats of patience. The truth behind the spin: What BP doesn’t want you to know about the Gulf oil spill 2014-05-04T15:00:00Z While my father buried himself in the Sisyphean tasks of baling hay and breaking horses, my mother’s moods fluctuated between manic all-night baking marathons and menacing three-day silences. Modern Love: Ready to Take a Faithful Leap 2011-07-14T20:19:03Z There are two ways to describe Annie Proulx’s memoir, “Bird Cloud,” an account of her Sisyphean struggle to build her dream house on a remote and striking 640-acre stretch of land in Wyoming. Books of The Times: A Novelist Wills Her Dream Home Into Being 2011-01-04T17:12:56Z With tens of thousands of scripts pouring into the industry every year, most of them lousy, it often felt like a Sisyphean task. Franklin Leonard's Black List can help green-light screenplays 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z A documentary about Sisyphean persistence in the face of institutional indifference, “Downstream to Kinshasa” is riveting in these boat scenes. ‘Downstream to Kinshasa’ Review: Sisyphean Persistence 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z In his elegiac 2012 novel, “The Yellow Birds,” Kevin Powers took a different tack, turning the Sisyphean nature of war in Iraq into a kind of sad parable. Human Costs of the Forever Wars, Enough to Fill a Bookshelf 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z After 30 minutes from the frontline, we needed 20 minutes analysing this apparently Sisyphean exercise in futility. TV review: Horizon: The Secret World of Pain, Outside the Court, Episodes 2011-02-01T08:00:03Z “It’s the Sisyphean plight of being an artist,” she said. Toronto Film Festival: Al Pacino's 'Humbling' goes the art-life route 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Elderly people hauling themselves, step by Sisyphean step, onto the bus. Frame: Neil Goldberg Exhibition at Museum of the City of New York 2012-03-02T00:33:51Z They’d plot and strive and fail in an almost Sisyphean cycle, but they’d always have their friends to fall back on when the disappointment bore down a little too hard. Office lol-itics: the evolution of the workplace sitcom 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Okay has a circular chord structure to denote the cyclical, Sisyphean struggle of life, the way we are pulled inexorably back to the things that consume, weaken and destroy us. New band of the day (Rough Days for Diamond Trade No 1,473) 2013-03-18T17:00:00Z JW Ironmonger is hardly the first person to realise that it would be a Sisyphean task for an individual to record all of his experiences. Not the Booker prize 2012: The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder by JW Ironmonger 2012-08-22T15:06:29Z The first-person narrator, Jay, is a former “Bad Boy of American Letters” who has abandoned his self-proclaimed Sisyphean struggle to run a company that “publishes commercial fiction and creates intellectual property for large media companies.” James Frey Has Written His First Adult Novel in a Decade 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z This week, amid the Sisyphean cacophony of hundreds of acts of all stripes — moody metal, slapstick art-rap, ragged noise rock, and so much more — these new bands will act as virtual palate cleansers. Critic?s Notebook: Indie Scene?s Uncomplicated Side 2010-10-18T22:02:00Z This Sisyphean debate just keeps going and going. Fans used to love ‘Game of Thrones.’ Now they just love criticizing it. 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z How many books wasn’t I reading to spend time on this self-imposed Sisyphean task, say? Switch it off and give yourself a digital break 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z In other words, making a room, let alone an entire apartment, completely soundproof can feel like a Sisyphean effort. 7 soundproofing hacks to drown out your noisy neighbors 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z But clean air in California has always been a Sisyphean goal. Opinion: How California schools can finally quit burning fossil fuels 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Sorting through hundreds of millions of shipment records scattered across subsidiary names and freight forwarders in unstructured, error-prone data sets can be a Sisyphean effort. AI fused with trade data may finally smooth clunky supply chains 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z There was a glitch in the system, check-in was not possible; I was trapped in a Sisyphean hellscape. Interaction is more powerful than tech | Op-Ed 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z “But the GOP in Washington is still in sort of a Sisyphean sort of situation, where they’re trying to push a boulder up a very steep hill that keeps trying to roll back on them.” Jim Walsh, state representative from Aberdeen, elected as state GOP chair 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Among the older generation, a certain jaded pessimism has settled in; Cohen said that the past two decades didn't even feel Sisyphean, because "that suggests we actually got the rock to the top." Scientists warned of a Salton Sea disaster. No one listened 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Paul Ryan, the former House speaker, supposedly required his interns to read "Atlas Shrugged"; one would have thought the constitutional provision against cruel and unusual punishment would have banned this Sisyphean labor. There's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing power 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Trying to save the GOP is trying to pick up glass that has shattered into a billion pieces; the shards have embedded themselves into everything, making a clean-up a Sisyphean task. America's mainstream media still wants to save the GOP — but that's impossible 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z But governing according to that conviction was a Sisyphean task, he said. Segregation in Seattle schools is worse today than the 1980s 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z He opted to bend his shoulder to the Sisyphean task of bridge-building. Seattle voters rejected the Montlake Bridge 5 times before its 1925 opening 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z That only makes it worse as he starts the Sisyphean task of building back his reputation. Macron tries to escape French pension row with street song 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z An adjacent fertile topic: the Sisyphean demands of housework. Review | Women’s work is no joke. But this dark comedy turns it into a treat. 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Still, state officials seem keen with their Sisyphean task. How WA’s plan to transform its mental health system has faltered 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Yet showcasing fat bodies on social media remains a Sisyphean task, beset with suspensions, shadow bans, troll attacks and rolls of puke emoji. Big is beautiful at one of L.A. hottest strip shows 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z And yet, he said, he found himself in a kind of Sisyphean struggle each day. In Southern California, Snow Has Trapped People for Days 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Given its prevalence, caution can feel like a Sisyphean endeavor. Why COVID is different this year, according to experts 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Despite the 13th Amendment’s abolition of slavery, the liberation struggle remained a Sisyphean task, as many of the newly freed found no emancipation at all. The Reconstruction that wasn't: A new book aims to bust post-Civil War myths 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The process wasn’t just long, it was Sisyphean. Why it took 43 years to bring ‘Kindred’ to TV 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z The problem, of course, is that we’re so polarized on matters of gun control it feels almost Sisyphean. Perspective | How gun violence shatters lives, and our country’s public life 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is pushing to bolster the state’s laws against robocallers, hoping to provide more protections and enforcement mechanism in the Sisyphean battle against spam scam callers. WA attorney general pushes to strengthen laws against robocalls 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z But it can be at times a Sisyphean task. Sarajevo’s agony echoes as Ukraine braces for a dark winter 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Now, with Trump signaling he plans to announce his 2024 campaign on Tuesday, some Trump skeptics worry that alighting on a successful message to defeat him in their party’s primary is almost Sisyphean. Republican rivals start planning a post-Trump future 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z “Seldom has the bleakness and despair of American college life been portrayed with such immediacy and truth — the paranoia, the Sisyphean striving, the illusive goals, the strange symbiosis that springs up between student and professor.” John Jay Osborn Jr., author of ‘The Paper Chase,’ dies at age 77 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Heat and drought are also hindering the Netherlands in its Sisyphean battle against rising seas. They’re ‘World Champions’ of Banishing Water. Now, the Dutch Need to Keep It. 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Nixon kept up his seemingly Sisyphean struggles for the right to vote, despite constant intimidation from the Ku Klux Klan and other white extremist groups. Review | Beto O’Rourke’s book spotlights Texans’ struggles for voting rights 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z If he ever regarded his quest for Metro improvement as Sisyphean, he did not reveal it publicly. Matt Hilburn, who fought to ‘Unsuck’ Metro, dies at 54 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z It's hard to blame them for recognizing the true nature of the Sisyphean charade. Minority rules, children die: Our broken political system has lethal consequences 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Alex Calle’s sets are heaved into position by the actors, a Sisyphean task that isn’t worth the muscle for apartments that are only generically outlined. Commentary: In 'Alma' and 'Apartment Living,' kitchen-sink realism returns to the theater L.A.-style 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z “Given the age of Central Juvenile Hall, this is a Sisyphean task — a continuous and expensive problem to maintain an aging and decrepit facility,” the motion read. 'We're screwed': L.A. County empties troubled juvenile hall ahead of state board's inspection 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z But the fight for gender equality in South Korea can feel Sisyphean, with few lasting gains. Ahead of election, South Korea’s feminists battle sexist backlash 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Rebecca Altman was right in her Jan. 16 Outlook essay, “Five myths: Plastics,” when she said plastics “cleanup is a Sisyphean task, absent improved waste management and a reduction in production.” Opinion | Cleaning up plastics will take efforts on many fronts 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z But that task, so far, has proved Sisyphean. The long slide: Inside Biden’s declining popularity as he struggles with multiple crises 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z While important, cleanup is a Sisyphean task, absent improved waste management and a reduction in production, concluded the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Perspective | Five myths about plastics 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z This makes “fuels management” a maintenance problem, a Sisyphean chore. This Isn’t the California I Married 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z It felt like we were fighting a Sisyphean battle against an empty chorus of "Support The Troops" hashtags and bumper stickers. I needed IVF to have a baby. The military told me no 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The protesters had embarked on a Sisyphean task when they ran onto the Dodger Stadium outfield last week. Column: They ran out into Dodger Stadium to remind L.A. of a dark moment in Latino history. But fans booed 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Her Sisyphean struggle has, to her great surprise, made her a sensation on TikTok, where she is known as Mrs. Space Cadet. For a TikTok Running Star, It’s All Uphill From Here 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z He and others added that the Sisyphean task of fire containment pointed to a desperate need for better mitigation. To Save Lake Tahoe, They Spared No Expense. The Fire Came Over the Ridge Anyway. 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z It also highlights the sport's own Sisyphean pursuit of an ultimate goal that can never be achieved. Perfectly Impossible: Gymnasts wrestle with the imperfect 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z It also highlights the sport’s own Sisyphean pursuit of an ultimate goal that can never be achieved. Perfectly Impossible; Gymnasts wrestle with the imperfect 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z While they navigate this Sisyphean mountain of paperwork, these young immigrants lose money, time, certainty, and opportunities. The children of tech’s guest workers are pushing for immigration relief 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Rebuilding the Atlantic Coast beach is a Sisyphean effort, as the ocean relentlessly chews it away — a process called “nourishing” by marketing departments and “dredging” by engineers. Opinion | Champlain Towers South, in some way, lost its battle with primal Florida 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Despite the warriors' Sisyphean task, they are optimistic of better days ahead. Philippine 'river warriors' fight tide of trash for cleaner future 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Sure, it’s a Sisyphean task in which humanity is Sisyphus and the boulder being eternally pushed uphill is Earth itself. A Modest Proposal: Let’s Change Earth’s Orbit 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Questions on how to rebuild Gaza center on how to break the Sisyphean cycle of recovery and destruction while ensuring that no aid benefits Hamas. In war-ravaged Gaza, it's no business, as usual 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z Despite this Sisyphean malediction, with each call for new proposals, the community still tries to push its boulder back to the mountaintop. Is NASA about to Lift the ‘Venus Curse?’ 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Even assuming pipeline companies are broadly cooperative, the TSA is setting itself up for a Sisyphean task of overseeing over 2 million miles of pipeline with a staff — as of 2019 — of just five auditors. DHS decides pipeline companies need cybersecurity regulations 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Every time a PS5 “drop” is imminent, my blood pressure rises to the occasion, trying to prepare me for a Sisyphean “Add to Cart — slog through a Recaptcha — watch the PS5 leave my cart” process. The needless drama of buying a PS5 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z Using social media to grow a following is hard work in any field, but it’s a Sisyphean task for sex workers, who are frequently banned from the most popular platforms — namely TikTok, Instagram and Twitter. OnlyFans Isn’t Just Porn ;) 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Perhaps humans weren’t meant to become quite so ingrained in a Sisyphean cycle of use, abuse and overuse, whether in a four-bedroom house or a 700-square-foot apartment. Opinion | Your Home Wants to Know: ‘Why Are You Still Here?’ 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Still, when the news of Baylor’s death spread last month, it wasn’t his fraught relationship with Sterling, or the Clippers’ years of Sisyphean struggles, that lit up text threads among several of Raichlen’s former colleagues. How Elgin Baylor handled the toughest job in sports: Working for Donald Sterling 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z What Cassell couldn't ignore was what he perceived as the avoidable suffering this Sisyphean battle created. Few kidney patients can access palliative care or hospice. Why? 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z For the next three days they skied with Sisyphean obstinance into the storm, crossing the 86th parallel by day, blowing back over it each night. The untold story of the boldest polar expedition of modern times 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z What Cassell couldn’t ignore was what he perceived as the avoidable suffering this Sisyphean battle created. Few Kidney Patients Can Access Palliative Care or Hospice. Why? 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z For those handling the cases, the task has felt Sisyphean. Why Charges Against Protesters Are Being Dismissed by the Thousands 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Then he could offer comic relief with a quip about his Sisyphean fate. Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator who shaped Arab-Israeli peace agreements, dies at 65 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Maintaining a respectful discussion is an “almost Sisyphean” feat of moderation, says Steven – but AITA’s functioning depends on people feeling free to be vulnerable, and the considered feedback they get in exchange. AITA? How a Reddit forum posed the defining question of our age 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Doing so is exhausting, Sisyphean, psychic labor that drains the soul. Opinion | Imagine what it will be like to never have to think about Trump again 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z It was a Sisyphean but essential task, Koubaytari explained, warning of the dangers of impurities in the oven. Glass is everywhere in blast-shattered Beirut, except where it's supposed to be 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z “Certainly this is a Sisyphean task,” Miller said. From Woodinville to the president’s thumbs, how a false claim spreads like a virus 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Other crews are engaged in the Sisyphean task of removing graffiti. Assault on videographer an ugly sign of discord within Portland protest movement 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The Sisyphean struggle to report everything that Pottstown needed to know. The Last Reporter in Town Had One Big Question for His Rich Boss 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z The increase in graffiti is for many residents an unwelcome sign of the recent economic upheaval, especially for property owners who take on the Sisyphean task of trying to erase it all. Graffiti Is Back in Virus-Worn New York 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Panic attack There’s an intriguing academic article, The Sisyphean cycle of technology panics, by Amy Orben in the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science. Let a jury decide what content should appear on social media 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z To some, its pursuit invests life with rich meaning, nobility even, while others merely see a misery-inducing, distinctly Sisyphean, obsession. Razor sharp and revolutionary – Gordon Banks's historic save at 50 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Though she said the task of reform feels Sisyphean, she pointed out that recent protests have brought concrete change. 'It's worse today than it was back then': Watching Minneapolis, some Angelenos recall Rodney King 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z From the edge of the obstacle, Ms. Bradley watched, growing quietly frustrated by the Sisyphean effort her colleagues had opted to undertake. The Marine Corps Battles for Its Identity, Over Women in Boot Camp 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Each day for the past five months, a road gang has toiled on a Sisyphean task along the muddy Atlantic Coast, trying to fill a breach in a 60-mile sea wall with stones and sand. ‘It Changed So Fast’: Oil Is Making Guyana Wealthy but Intensifying Tensions 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z In late March, Evers called for mailing an absentee ballot to every voter, a Sisyphean feat so close to election day. 'Over our heads in chaos': Wisconsin on edge of election fiasco amid pandemic 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z The Port Authority Bus Terminal becomes a kind of purgatory, marked by the recurring, almost comically Sisyphean image of them dragging their hugely impractical suitcase up and down stairs and through turnstiles. Review: 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' is a searingly confrontational drama about abortion rights 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Rather than sweat his GOP opponents’ Sisyphean efforts, Mr. Trump is looking ahead to November, hoping to blunt Democrats’ momentum and super-charge his candidacy in the heartland as his impeachment trial winds down. Trump cruises to victory in poorly attended Iowa caucus 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z In this context, it is reasonable to ask whether there is a point to our Sisyphean efforts. Can the Universe Provide Us with the Meaning of Life? 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z I was moved by the other pal, Lynn Johnson, and her life mission: a Sisyphean campaign to spread “the beauty of books” to underserved children. They bonded over the end of an epic film saga. No, it's not 'Star Wars' 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z The Establishment, an independent blog focused on gender and race, stopped publishing in April with a farewell post bemoaning the “Sisyphean” difficulty of making money with a site focused on “intersectional feminist media.” A Farewell to Feministing and the Heyday of Feminist Blogging 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z In some ways, his entire life seems like a Sisyphean exercise in attempting to avoid working as an actor. Analysis | The glorious, quiet return of Joe Pesci 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z When Dan, deep in his Sisyphean task, finds the weight of his conscience unendurable, he takes appropriate action and winds up needing a lawyer. The Art of the Awkward Silence in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Secondhand offers a few possible solutions beyond the Sisyphean task of altering this ingrained consumer preference for the new. Planet junk: a journey through discards 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Without teachers and staff fully committed to the Sisyphean task of differentiated learning in all schools, the system crumbles. Seattle’s advanced learning program saved me — fix it, don’t nix it 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z In an e-mail, he described the Sisyphean nature of rule-based language processing. Can a Machine Learn to Write for The New Yorker? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z After a few couplets, you see the Sisyphean pattern. Reginald Dwayne Betts’s Poetry After Prison 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z And as a practical matter, trying to get one’s arms around the totality of Trump’s impeachable conduct is a Sisyphean task. Opinion | Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead on impeachment. 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Now 40 years old and legendary in underground circles, the label Finders Keepers are undertaking the Sisyphean task of collecting and compiling one track by every artist on it. Got any Horrific Child? Discover the list of the world's 291 weirdest bands 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z In absence of more aggressive federal efforts to keep these devices off the market, parents and teachers are left with the Sisyphean task of trying to keep them out of kids’ hands. Hoodies, watches and other camouflaged vaping devices confound parents, schools 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z On Thursday, the latest tactic in the Sisyphean effort was unveiled, with great fanfare, by Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president. Rats Have Ruled New York for 355 Years. Can a Mystery Bucket Stop Them? 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Faced with the Sisyphean task of rehabbing yet another injury, Luck chose to retire from the NFL on Saturday at 29 years old. The science behind Andrew Luck's shock NFL farewell 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z While “Moop” might appeal to the Burning Man die-hard set, or for aficionados of the tales of doomed, Sisyphean film productions, beyond that, it’s not much more than a minor curio. Review: 'Ladyworld’ with Maya Hawke,' plus Bud doc ‘Kings of Beer,’ 'Consequences' and 'Moop' 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z In response to complaints about the seemingly Sisyphean cycle, the council voted in June to revamp the cleanup process. Lawsuit seeks to stop L.A. from seizing and discarding homeless people's belongings 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z A seemingly Sisyphean cycle of cleanups, with the same spots becoming dirty again and again, spurred calls for change from officials inside City Hall and from residents and activists outside of it. L.A. is changing how it tackles cleanups at homeless camps; police presence still an issue 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z But it was a Sisyphean struggle to get the boards to really listen. Oversharing: how Napster nearly killed the music industry 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Pierre-Paul embarks on this Sisyphean, labyrinthine journey into the heart of big financial darkness, and he ends up more like Gollum than any other literary figure. Review: Denys Arcand’s heist satire ‘The Fall of the American Empire’ goes south 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z As a stripped-down, minutely detailed portrait of the daily grind as back-breaking Sisyphean ordeal, “Sorry We Missed You” is engrossing and bluntly persuasive. Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Pain and Glory’ hands the Cannes competition its first triumph 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z That experience exemplifies the “Sisyphean struggle”of free blacks to try to fit in with white society in the 1600s. Anthony and Mary Johnson were pioneers on the Eastern Shore whose surprising story tells much about race in Virginia history 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Asking for help while vulnerable is a Sisyphean obstacle to survival. Opinion | Don’t wait for suicidal people to reach out to you; reach out to them 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z With this law, the avenues for Palestinian citizens to combat inequality – an already Sisyphean undertaking – are narrowed even further. Netanyahu is right: Israel is a nation with no interest in equality | Amjad Iraqi 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z For me football management is very much a Sisyphean task. Southampton v Tottenham, Newcastle v Everton and more – live! 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Trump’s tweets, abrupt changes of mind and penchant for creating staff turmoil combine to make this a Sisyphean endeavor. Mike Pompeo’s Mission: Clean Up Trump’s Messes 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z But from the inside, and for women especially, the house often seems to own you: It dwarfs you, envelops you, conscripts you to a Sisyphean cycle of mortgage payments and repairs and housekeeping. Letter of Recommendation: Dollhouses 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z But as officials and advocates celebrated their victory, they repeatedly cited Ms. Markey’s zeal in waging a political fight that was bruising and once seemingly Sisyphean. She Fought for Stronger Sexual Abuse Laws. Her Son Was the Reason. 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Attempting to fish out this drifting morass of trash using conventional methods—vessels, more nets—would be a Sisyphean task. A Grand Plan to Clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Painting the San Francisco bridge would be a Sisyphean task. Southampton v Tottenham, Newcastle v Everton and more – live! 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Ultimately, that sort of subject expertise, more than the Sisyphean task of changing the congressional approach to science, may be the new members’ most immediate contribution. An Ocean Engineer and a Nuclear Physicist Walk Into Congress … 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z Getting it made, however, proved to be an effort of Sisyphean proportions with Townsend, who chronicles his travails in the off-screen narration, stating “I’ve got the scars to prove it.” Review: Robert Townsend revisits 1991 film in 'Making the Five Heartbeats' 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z But at the scale required in a professional kitchen, they felt Sisyphean. The Key to This Creamy, Thick Pesto? A Mortar and Pestle 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Standing on a street corner as another city employee power-washed the sidewalk, Mr. Montoya described a Sisyphean cycle of cleanup and filth. Life on the Dirtiest Block in San Francisco 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Fixing it, she said, “feels like a Sisyphean labor.” To Flip the State Senate, Democrats Eye a Republican Redoubt. In Brooklyn. 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z Today the Eastern seaboard has a Sisyphean dependence on the “nourishment” cycle. Surrendering to Rising Seas 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles-based artist is obsessed with producing works that toy with ideas of grandiosity, failure and gestures that border on the Sisyphean. Datebook: Videos of the female figure, an autobiographical exhibit and paintings of immigrant terrains 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Unless you’ve tried it, it’s hard to imagine the Sisyphean task they take on when they set out to produce a deeply sourced work of nonfiction — years of reporting, researching and polishing. Lit Life: A state, a slave, a spy — three remarkable new works of nonfiction 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z This Sisyphean effort to stay on top of a sexual pyramid propped up by male desire is often prioritised over any children. Mme Deneuve, whatever happened to female solidarity in France? | Kim Willsher 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z D.C. statehood advocates are again in Sisyphean mode, making likely ill-fated attempts to turn the nation’s capital into the nation’s 51st state. D.C. statehood follows Sisyphus uphill 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z These days, though, making any list of must-see TV is a downright Sisyphean. The 20 best TV shows of 2017 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Officials in Richmond and Northern Virginia should be applauded for eschewing such a Sisyphean strategy and for trying something bold and different to deal with intractable transportation problems in the region. Opinion | Virginia took a bold step in tolling I-66. And it’s likely to pay off. 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z “If you look at the elections this week, a lot of Democrats were elected, but we still have a ways to go; the battle is Sisyphean, and vigilance is ongoing,” he says. Shepard Fairey: 'I’m not going to be intimidated by identity politics' 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Samantha Shannon, author of the Bone Season series, said that attempting to stay on top of pirated editions of her books was “a Sisyphean task”. 'We're told to be grateful we even have readers': pirated ebooks threaten the future of book series 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z It’s like the first Alien movie vs. some of its sequels: a terrifying monster is teased, revealed, and established with the xenomorph, and escaping from it is then a Sisyphean task. Question Club: Is Stranger Things 2 a worthy sequel to the original? 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Patrick Vieira is determined to focus on the here and now – but it appears an almost Sisyphean task given that he is constantly asked where his future lies. Patrick Vieira: 'I am doing what I love and I am where I want to be' 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z The Sisyphean task of the conservation team is to ensure Balenciaga’s clothing — past, present and future — survives, even as time conspires against it. In Fashion, the Beauty (and Challenge) of Looking Back 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z “You end up stringing the same rackets over and over,” Magee says of the Sisyphean aspects of the job. For US Open racket stringers, lots of tension, little thanks 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z While the metaphor evokes Sisyphean futility, he did not believe the task was pointless or that progress was impossible. UW’s Ana Mari Cauce: Together, we must stand against bigotry and work for justice 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Indeed, its likely failure can give it a Sisyphean depth. The coming sixth extinction 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni announced a potentially important breakthrough in Italy’s seemingly Sisyphean task of stopping migrants from setting sail for Sicily. Italy Plans Naval Mission Off Libya to Stop Migrant Boats 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z The Sisyphean act, all for a proposal that was going nowhere, encapsulated the whole Dada enterprise of health-care legislation. Opinion | Welcome to the United States of Anarchy 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z It’s easy to see how list matching - a Sisyphean task in itself - will be the “easy” part. Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Recently, I described one of my work dreams — the simple task of printing out a document made Sisyphean by my subconscious — and asked readers to share theirs. Perspective | Pillow talk: Readers share their dreams (nightmares?) about work 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Mueller-related questions are steered to outside counsel, part of a Sisyphean effort to professionalize the chaotic White House. Can Robert Mueller's Investigation Separate Fact From Fiction? 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Later conversations, concerning the countless Sisyphean attempts to rescue Europe’s Jewish intelligentsia from the Nazis, are more practical, and more dour. Review | ‘Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe’: Portrait of a writer in exile 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z A single person collecting them in one place is a Sisyphean task, but a collective is far more suited to the challenge. What happens to the internet's most useless websites after their viral fame? 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z She visits specialist after specialist with minimal results and eventually turns to online patient forums and finds recovery in the sometimes Sisyphean task of mold avoidance. Review: Through the Shadowlands 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z I asked of his Sisyphean effort to score this emulator of games from 30 years ago. NES Classic shortage burns Gen Y gamers 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z The greatest diplomatic minds of the century all failed at this Sisyphean task, but at least Trump gave Kushner instructions. Opinion | Bringing peace to the Mideast is Kushner’s second-toughest job 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Watching the boy's Sisyphean progress towards his distant home, that name suddenly seems disturbingly apt, but he's not the only one cursed with a dismal name. The place where children can be very unlucky with their names - BBC News 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z He admitted that it was a Sisyphean struggle to keep up with the city’s decline. Mexico City is a parched and sinking capital 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z The focus on three women — all of them facing equally Sisyphean struggles at work — allows for a more complex, wide-ranging sense of the obstacles at hand than a more focused telling would have managed. Has Hollywood lost touch with American values? 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Anna Kelsey, my counterpart at the startup x.ai, put our herculean, or maybe Sisyphean, task in cheerful terms. The Bot Politic 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z In an apt metaphor for all Monday mornings, for the Sisyphean nature of life, or perhaps for the never-ending fight against the system, the rat’s valiant efforts do not actually move it toward its destination. This Determined Rat on a Busy Escalator Is All of Us 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z This leaves Sears President and CEO Edward Lampert, the billionaire hedge funder and Ayn Rand devotee, with gaping holes in his leadership team as he continues his Sisyphean task of rescuing Sears from irrelevance. Sears death watch update: Is it time to prepare an obit for our least-essential department store? 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z As codas to a highly effectual public career, his current projects seem almost Sisyphean, especially his push for looser immigration laws, which is unlikely to succeed in a Trump administration. Robert Morgenthau on His Years as District Attorney: ‘I Don’t Look Back’ 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z There is nothing Sisyphean or cynical about this. Stay angry. That’s the only way to uphold principles in Trump’s America. 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z “There’s always more. It’s Sisyphean — we’re all pushing that boulder up the hill, only to see it roll back down.” How the Internet Is Loosening Our Grip on the Truth 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z On Friday, as the Ryder Cup competition gets underway, 12 U.S. golfers, their captain, five vice-captains and a shrink will embark on what has become this country’s most Sisyphean task in international sports. 2016 Ryder Cup: Can Rattled U.S. Golfers Stop Euro Domination? 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z But striving for inbox zero is, of course, a Sisyphean effort at best. Why We're Addicted to Email—And How to Fix It 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Instead, we did the opposite; we wove racism into our social and political structures and ensured that every gain would prove Sisyphean. The U.S. owes an apology — and reparations — to African Americans 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Her only companion on the lunar surface include a rabbit and a man condemned to Sisyphean tree-cutting. Mid-Autumn Festival: Five Things to Know 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z In two novels set in different eras, Colson employs the metaphor of an enclosed conveyor to explore the Sisyphean struggle for upward mobility and dignity in a nation designed to deny black people both. Colson Whitehead’s latest novel, ‘Underground Railroad,’ is his finest 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z It’s a noble and worthwhile calling, but it’s also a Sisyphean one. Someone is wrong on the Internet. That’s where I come in. 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z A year later, at the Copa América in Chile, Argentina collapsed in a penalty shootout against the host nation, extending its Sisyphean frustration at least one more year. Argentina Seeks to Conjure Away Its Tournament Demons 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z The comedian and sometime bartender had the fortune of recording on his iPhone a New York subway rat’s Sisyphean attempt at dragging away a slice of pizza. Got a funny video? Jukin Media will find you — and pay you 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z As we watch Hannah sabotage opportunity after opportunity or Jessa self-destruct for the thousandth time, their lives seem caught in a hellish loop, a Sisyphean fate we actively fear. Why do so many of us love 'Broad City' and hate-love 'Girls'? 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z We've only got six main bills in common circulation, so trying to pick five people to represent 300+ years of people and events from Jamestown on seems a Sisyphean task. Move Over, Andrew Jackson. Harriet Tubman Is Coming to the $20 Bill. 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z I now toss the dunning letters into one of those Sisyphean piles. Medical bills can be as devastating as cancer 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z “So they’re kind of in what I call a Sisyphean cycle.” A Radical Attempt to Save the Reefs and Forests 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Yet somehow they both rolled the Sisyphean rock of being black to the top of the mountain, and it stayed. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: The Paradox of Being a Black Role Model 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z It seems a Sisyphean task, and it’s been going on long enough to invite the question of why so many companies bother making Android phones at all. Why do profit-seeking companies keep making profitless Android phones? 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Between commuting to their home states and the Sisyphean task of raising money, often there simply isn’t time. How America can reverse its downward political spiral in 2016 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Beyond issues of communication, “Palindrome” was again an excellent illustration of the Sisyphean nature of life, perhaps best exemplified by the fate of Mike Milligan. 'Fargo' finale recap: The more things change 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The gun debate in this country no longer needs to be a Sisyphean exercise in futility. Daily, Invisible Mass Shootings 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z There's an outrageous amount of high-quality television on the air right now and the medium's most avid fans likely feel that trying to keep abreast of it all is a Sisyphean feat. Watch Andy Samberg's opening musical bit at the Emmys 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Even the boasts on Often make all-night sex seem like a Sisyphean trudge, a point emphasised by the circular chord progression. The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness first listen review: '65 minutes of bleak, brooding beauty' 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z “You can observe repetitive behavior, including pacing back and forth, like in some perverse Sisyphean drama.” Spying on Animals: Moments from Zoo Surveillance Feeds 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Even so, the ambitious projects, which carry ambitious price tags, are worth it to change the calculus, even a little bit, of what can seem like a Sisyphean task. How to Save a Sinking Coast? Katrina Created a Laboratory 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z This is like some sort of Sisyphean hell for a music critic: an eternity spent listening to a song you like and being interrupted by phantom messages from your co-workers and friends. This week's most important songs: Beach Slang, Deradoorian, and more 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Calling the task Sisyphean would be an understatement. Higher Wages, Great! But How to Enforce? 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Against his own party's ideals, Tsipras has now committed himself to more "draconian" budget cuts, with Greece forced to carry out the "Sisyphean task" of ever-increasing austerity. Greece's debt crisis explained, in mythological terms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z "I'm almost 73, and people my age are getting weird problems, sciatica and stenosis and Sisyphean syndrome." With grace and sly charm, Garrison Keillor prepares to exit 'Prairie Home Companion' 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z All winter, the Panthers climbed Sisyphean hills, playing intelligently for stretches only to fall apart. A Long Hardwood Journey 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z “If we look at sports media, that’s a steep hill. It’s almost like a Sisyphean kind of task for women’s athletics.” Women’s Teams Still Struggle for Fans 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z The scope of the allegations of corruption and secrecy also showed how truly reforming the organization may prove to be a Sisyphean task. If FIFA seeks to reform, here are steps it can take right away 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z After this, the monument turned into a Sisyphean effort—and an organized one. The Battle for Flowers on Nemtsov Bridge 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Together, they faced the Sisyphean task of cleaning up and restoring the ignored tombs of relatives and friends. Daniel Libeskind Interview: Childhood Bullies, Nazi Germany and the Jewish Museum He Built 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z The drought has sharpened many people’s eyes to wasted water and made personal conservation feel like a Sisyphean effort. Californians Who Conserved Fear State Can’t Overcome Those Who Did Not 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z The history of science is a narrative full of characters convinced that they had found the path to understanding everything, only to have the universe unveil a Sisyphean twist. Sebastian Seung’s Quest to Map the Human Brain 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Using remote controls to navigate a Smart TV, Roku, or just my cable box is the Sisyphean punishment of the millennial generation. Why a PC belongs in every living room 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z “I came to realise it doesn’t do anything, has no value. It’s not going to be enough, like all the addictive behaviours I’ve pursued are never enough. They are, what’s the word? Sisyphean.” Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’ 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z “Schulz made it funny with characters who faced a Sisyphean suburban world of kite-eating trees and yanked-away footballs with resilience and curiosity.” “The Football is Always Pulled Away” 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Leaving an abusive relationship is a Herculean task at best and a Sisyphean task at worst. Guest: Why women stay in abusive relationships 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Publications falsely revalidate molecules as good drug leads and feed Sisyphean cycles of ‘screen, publish, flounder’. Chemistry: Chemical con artists foil drug discovery 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z It’s a sweet, slightly Sisyphean impulse, rooted in a desire to reclaim some of our long-ago outsourced mental labor. Why Is Our Sci-Fi So Glum About A.I.? 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Their workload is Sisyphean, the honor is fleeting, the pay is minuscule, and they have to put up with self-righteous harping from people like me. Nonfiction longlist for the National Book Award Cleaning a hotel room is a Sisyphean task. Don't Want to Leave a Tip for Housekeeping? Shame on You. 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z It is a Sisyphean task, but our best options may look like this: How to prevent rape: it starts with awkward conversations with our teens 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z The Sisyphean task of completely clearing the reed again and again throughout eternity is a level of commitment that seems unrealistic. Phragmites: A Fluffy Path to Global Rule 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z After their Sisyphean struggles with the Tories and the conservative socialists in their own party, New Labour in power yielded with all too apparent relief to the charms of the business world. Sale of the century: the privatisation scam 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Goodlatte, however, will continue the Sisyphean task of pushing the immigration boulder up Capitol Hill. George Will: How Eric Cantor’s defeat will strike other Republicans These are Sisyphean efforts, most of which will not succeed. 5 Lessons From Pushing for a Third Political Party 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Anyone who thought that the end of winter might mean a slight relief on the Sisyphean task that locating one of PS4s is in for disappointment. Sony Still Struggling With Massive PS4 Demand 2014-03-21T18:28:00Z No. This Garfield class alone has been an aid nonpareil as I continue making my way up the Sisyphean mountain of life. Stay Home: Travel Is Overrated 2014-03-09T10:45:54Z Mr. Reid, who is known for his halting, whispery speaking style, said he realized attacking the Koch brothers and their money might be a Sisyphean task, but he remains undaunted. New Democratic Strategy Goes After Koch Brothers 2014-03-06T03:23:33Z The new report, described by legal experts as the most detailed and credible of its kind, has provided numbers to back up the claim that defenders here face Sisyphean workloads. Public Defenders Turn to Lawmakers to Try to Ease Caseloads 2014-02-18T18:19:04Z Any changes to the business would require congressional approval, a Sisyphean task considering the contentious political wrangling over the future of the Postal Service. Expanding financial services is available route for the Post Office, report says 2014-01-28T01:02:46Z There are people in Washington who share Bracken’s views, but their struggle against bureaucratic inertia can seem Sisyphean. How the iPod President Crashed: Obama's Broken Technology Promise 2013-10-31T10:00:57Z "I describe it as a Sisyphean task," said Shiraz Maher of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King's College, London. Insight: West struggles to cope with online recruitment for Syria jihad 2013-09-04T14:12:04Z But in China, Mr Krugman argues, much investment spending is Sisyphean: it is simply adding to the economy’s capacity to expand its capacity. The economy: A bubble in pessimism 2013-08-15T15:00:17Z In manufacturing the only real way to secure the supply chain is to monitor it from end to end—a Sisyphean task in a world where components are sourced diversely and globally. Hacking the Internet of Everything 2013-08-01T00:15:00.543Z In the mid-1970s I was sent to Paris with a Sisyphean task set by the magazine New Society of trying to interview the god figures of French sociology. Michel Crozier obituary 2013-06-19T12:14:18Z There is a lot of sand in Dubai, so it is a Sisyphean effort. Lens Blog: Joe McNally Climbed the Burj Khalifa 2013-06-07T09:00:33Z She estimated that the 10bn URLs saved each every three month cycle represented – very, very roughly – about a 10th of the internet's output: It's a Sisyphean task. Brewster's trillions: archiving the net 2013-04-26T16:02:00Z Still, hobbled by the new realities on Wall Street, that turnaround has so far proved to be a Sisyphean task. DealBook: Deep Cuts Raise Questions About Morgan Stanley 2013-01-10T02:33:46Z There is something Sisyphean about filling lunchboxes on a Monday night and then having to throw the remnants into the trash on Tuesday. A City Dweller Tests Four Composters 2013-01-02T23:19:53Z Kirilenko's resignation to Durant's talent and his steadfast willingness to work hard anyway made him something of a Sisyphean character in Thursday night's drama. Off the Dribble: How to Guard the Thunder's Kevin Durant 2012-12-21T20:59:35Z As every passing truck kicks up another cloud of dust, it's a Sisyphean task. South Sudan: a country failing to thrive after the euphoria of independence 2012-11-26T12:32:29Z Liberty’s ascent would be arduous — Sisyphean, to mix in a little Greek mythology. In Virginia’s Hills, a Football Crusade 2012-11-10T17:57:17Z If there’s one thing we’ve learned about technology, it’s that trying to stem the tide of innovation and progress is a Sisyphean task. Uber: Silicon Valley App-Hailing Startup Takes On NYC Taxi Industry 2012-09-21T12:00:56Z CoreLogic points that there are a few factors now working in the favor of bucking the Sisyphean problem. Why Home Price Gains Might Actually Stick This Time 2012-08-28T16:54:33Z This would be a Sisyphean task in light of cluster munitions which would be dropped, some time-delayed and some remote-activated through the use of a satellite signal.” Why There Could Be Collateral Damage From An Israeli First Strike On Iran 2012-08-18T12:20:04Z Scoring is a Sisyphean task that involves compulsive checking of the PGA Tour’s computerized scoring system and a lot of guessing about who might birdie or bogie a hole. The PGA Tour's Secret Army 2012-08-01T22:00:00Z Their zeal in setting about achieving this Sisyphean task is something to behold. Bob Diamond is typical of the private sector. He wants power but no responsibility 2012-07-06T18:30:01Z It is a herculean—some would say Sisyphean—task. Shipping Heir's Hobby: Solving Greek Crisis 2012-06-22T21:00:37Z "Greg has led a Sisyphean fight against some of the nuclear industry's most entrenched opponents of strong, lasting safety regulations," Markey said in a statement. Dogged by "bully" charge, nuclear chief Jaczko resigns 2012-05-21T19:21:47Z Self control for overweight or obese lovers of sweets is a Sisyphean effort at best. Letters: Numbers Aren?t Everything (1 Letter) 2012-02-14T00:51:07Z The point and the value of this Sisyphean repetition lie in the effort to understand. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: The Stage, the Screen and the Screen on Stage 2012-01-12T22:00:35Z My Shutterfly account tells a different story, one of repeated Sisyphean attempts that fall short. Be Kind to the Holiday Card-Impaired 2011-12-19T12:00:15Z Joseph N. Skaf, described a Sisyphean task: Passengers are allowed to bring in unlimited amounts of cash without declaring it. Beirut Bank Seen as a Hub of Hezbollah?s Financing 2011-12-14T03:44:17Z Even if his job in the precinct was Sisyphean, he never showed his frustration and never looked for credit, Inspector Maddrey said. Slain Officer, Peter Figoski, Was a Devoted Father 2011-12-13T03:18:36Z Theirs is a Sisyphean task, as they are given too little money and tasked with sheltering too many of the poor in a city that grows more expensive by the hour. Gotham: City Wants to Pressure Homeless Adults to Find Their Own Places to Sleep 2011-11-10T02:49:39Z He takes sarcastic aim at the ambassador’s Sisyphean effort to grow a lawn in the sprawling embassy compound beside the Tigris River. The Saturday Profile: U.S. Envoy, Peter Van Buren, Takes Caustic Pen to Iraq War 2011-10-08T01:01:14Z It is a Sisyphean task that falls to the keepers of the national database of place names, the Geographic Names Information System. Perry?s Hunting Camp Puts Focus on U.S. Map?s Race-Based Names 2011-10-06T15:42:55Z If it is any consolation, the virus faces a Sisyphean task. How Life Arose on Earth, and How a Singularity Might Bring It Down 2011-09-24T11:45:03.637Z "Europe must rise to the challenge and move toward implementing the July 21 decisions, to put an end to the Sisyphean ordeal the Greek people is going through," said Development Minister Mihalis Chrysohoidis. Papandreou says to save Greece, stay in euro 2011-09-11T05:07:30Z He went to rehabilitation sessions six days a week, and the Sisyphean task of riding hour after hour on a stationary bike became a metaphor for the lack of progress in his recovery. Encouraging News for Ike Davis and Mets 2011-09-06T01:54:05Z Diplomats and analysts describe Blair's challenge as Sisyphean and they question whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is genuinely interested in resuming peace negotiations for now. Tony Blair has major, unheralded role in Mideast talks 2011-09-03T06:29:38Z Adding T-Mobile’s technology to the mix would be an expensive and Sisyphean task. T-Mobile May Suffer if AT&T Deal Fails 2011-09-02T00:53:02Z When he reached the basement, he took the elevator back to the top and started all over again, a Sisyphean postman. How Washington could create jobs right now 2011-08-18T15:31:00Z It is a Sisyphean mission, and a dangerous one: the system encourages security officers to abduct and punish the petitioners. Culture and Control: Chinese Director?s Path From Rebel to Insider 2011-08-14T00:24:59Z Is this a response to the flaws and failures of the Sisyphean humanitarian efforts in Somalia over the past two decades? Who's to blame? 2011-07-26T15:45:10Z I was pleased, therefore, to be freed from the Sisyphean labors of the editorial office. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Crisis, drama, Herculean, Sisyphean, hubris and catharsis: the Greek language offers some apt words to describe Europe's current dilemma. How Greece's Ongoing Drama Could Undo the Euro 2011-06-23T07:35:00Z The group had just cleaned the same area two weeks earlier, so there was a Sisyphean quality to the endeavor. City Room: Prospect Park Condom Crew Picks Up After Others Cavort 2011-05-31T14:04:04Z But however hard we tried to refocus on a thrilling finale between two Aussies and a South African we knew Rory was still out there, trapped in his Sisyphean torture. Why it was all or nothing for Rory McIlroy at the Masters 2011-04-13T23:04:01Z Should you defeat the king, but fail to dispossess the other barons, maintaining power will become a miserable, Sisyphean undertaking. Reading Machiavelli?s ?The Prince? 2011-03-10T17:26:46Z The task is Sisyphean, and the Democrats have little to show for it. In Hong Kong, Market for Flowers and Democratic Ideals 2011-02-09T12:40:18Z Without some such respite he could never have faced and carried through the almost Sisyphean task which awaited him at daylight. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Keeping track of all the new developments in our brave new world of screwed-up foreclosures, misrepresented mortgage loans and toxic mortgage securities is a bewildering, Sisyphean task. Banks repossess 1 million homes in 2010 2011-01-13T16:39:00Z Trying to remove all oil from the gulf would be a Sisyphean task. Gulf oil spill was abated by bacteria that feed on hydrocarbons, report says 2011-01-11T05:31:03Z Nor was this to be wondered at, for I was then engaged single-handed in my Sisyphean task. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z The biggest challenge facing plows was the wind that blew snow right back onto newly cleared streets, making the task a Sisyphean effort, said Schlacter. NYC Emergency Response ‘Overwhelmed’ by Blizzard, Mayor Says 2010-12-29T19:28:14Z This is what the Irish have been doing, and it seems like a hopeless, Sisyphean task. I didn't want to join the euro, but I take no joy in this crisis 2010-11-21T00:07:00Z This is the explanation for the Sisyphean efforts to increase the strength and capabilities of the army. Transcripts on ?73 War, Now Public, Grip Israel 2010-10-11T01:00:00Z It is hard to predict the outcome of this almost Sisyphean task. The task appears Sisyphean. But don't write Greece off 2010-05-06T20:30:00Z Nightmarish tales about bureaucratic morass abound, and it can take on Sisyphean qualities. New York Aims to Cut Red Tape for Nonprofit Groups 2010-04-19T01:51:00Z Women cook and clean, sweeping the loose dirt from their tents in what seems like a Sisyphean task. Entrenched Transience at Golf Club Dramatizes Haiti?s Limbo 2010-03-22T00:02:00Z It became clear that the zoologists had been attempting a task utterly Sisyphean. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science Is the Sisyphean stone of Home Rule, so laboriously rolled uphill, to again roll down, crushing in its fall the faithful rollers? Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule It was a Sisyphean task, and poor Emile had spent much sweat and not a little blood in his efforts. Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers The little waiting-room in the hospital at night resembled nothing so much as a newly opened sardine tin; and to cater for the waiting patients was a Sisyphean task without the Hercules. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Whatever their influence in the field of sentiment, undeniably in that of fact the high gods were imposing Sisyphean labors on Mr. Duxbury Farley. The Quickening Discouragement, depression, weakness, apathy; there is the dismal series which must be forever begun and re-begun, while we are still rolling up the Sisyphean rock of life. Amiel's Journal Men who live godless lives are engaged in true Sisyphean labour. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Exhausted by her Sisyphean task, distrustful of this new and unfamiliar method, the Osmia resigns herself and expires in her cell. Bramble-Bees and Others The amount of time they waste in this Sisyphean task would, even at charwoman's wages, buy socks and stockings for a dozen families. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) Congress met on December 3d and resumed the Sisyphean labors of the last session. Life of Stephen A. Douglas |
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