As the orchestra dallied, searching for a suitable tenor for the notoriously demanding title role in "Siegfried," Decca withdrew from the "Ring" project.

His name is often chanted during home games by the notoriously demanding Paris Saint-Germain supporters.

There was little fault to find, even by the exacting standards of Mr. Volpe, the notoriously demanding and raw-edged general manager of the world's busiest, and perhaps greatest, opera house.

The law was, after all, notoriously demanding.

Notoriously demanding of his players, the Romanian created a unique sound for the orchestra.

Mr. Murdoch, 74, is a notoriously demanding and hands-on manager who built the $24-billion-a-year company from two small newspapers he inherited in Adelaide, Australia, four decades ago.

A notoriously demanding boss, Mr. Constantine was said by some of his critics within the agency to have driven away some of its most experienced officials, a charge he denies.

Pardew is winning grudging nods of appreciation from notoriously demanding supporters.

Miller has for fifty years enlisted the help of some of his students as research assistants, a notoriously demanding position for first and second year law students.

But the work regimen at Goldman is notoriously demanding and the partners are expected to pay that personal price.