Word: accomplish
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...treasured natural resource for Ecuador. But many different agencies and individuals have an interest in the islands, and it is very difficult for all to agree on anything. The unrecognized heroes of this situation are the superintendent and staff of the Galapagos National Park. Overworked and underpaid, they accomplish small miracles. Most of the workers are native people who realize that the future of the islands lies in maintaining a pristine environment for its wildlife. Sad to say, the islands might benefit enormously from being completely closed to outside influence for a few years. BILL HENDRICKS Renton, Washington
While sophomore Emily Stauffer is in a class of her own, it took 10 other players on the field to accomplish what the team did last year and especially this year...
Since their inception, the museums have been private institutions and therefore have relied almost entirely on private funds to accomplish their goals. The late '60s saw the inception of National Endowment for the Arts funding for the arts at Harvard, but for the most part all programming derives its funding from the income of endowments. The Fogg itself opened with a gift from New York philanthropist Mrs. Elizabeth Fogg. The Busch-Reisinger additions and most recently the Werner Otto Hall have all been built with private money...
...before us; files are organized into folders, which are then organized into the file servers and hard disks; we can't write out the long same of a file, so we need to abbreviate. The operating system is a clear limit of possibility with a pre-programmed way to accomplish the tasks it is able to do. We consciously think in terms of the operating system; it structures our behavior when we work with computers...
...thing we were able to accomplish at Stanford was to make other Asian-American groups on campus more inclusive," Millett said. "I've talked to people who've gone to meetings and come back horrified. They said, 'Oh, you're only half.' Half Asians don't always fit in with fully Caucasians or 100 percent Asians...