Mr. Milken's decision to plead guilty was an abrupt turnabout for the financier, who had assiduously maintained his innocence throughout more than three years of investigations.

This was probably necessary in part due to the original distillery equipment not being assiduously maintained by the new owners.

Right now, the running was good: the ground was firm but springy, a surface that had been assiduously maintained since the ancient runners had planted it.

They also wrapped smaller futa or turbans (dub) around their heads, which were assiduously maintained.

While the Mairie has assiduously maintained and developed its many hidden small squares the village has managed to remain unspoilt and authentic.

He had visited the capital often as chairman of the National Governors' Association, making friendships that he had assiduously maintained.

The guard on the pier was assiduously maintained.

Each was fronted with a small garden, most of which were assiduously maintained.

"We have assiduously maintained our respect for the sovereignty of the Russian democratic political system," he said.

As Robert Gamble notes however, "in no hands...would Sully fare as well as when it had been assiduously maintained by a single, devoted, industrious proprietor."