Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...willing, let us say that. We can accomplish nothing by taking a doubtful or ambiguous position. We are not going to be able to avoid meeting the world and bearing our part of the burdens of the world...
...whatever distinction I may have attained in life has been principally from business experience, it would be a satisfaction and pleasure to help by contributing the five million dollars necessary to accomplish this...
...often turns out) compels the reformer to labor under difficulties. The literary journal appears to be poaching or attempting to coerce unwilling attention if it thrusts its finger into the general pie. Tradition is against it, and it is likely to lose credit for the good it may actually accomplish. Yet to coerce unwilling attention may be the part of honest service, and the original tradition, in the case of the Advocate, is richly on the side of reform and ardent, crusading, conducted with wisdom, foresight, and study...
...genuine effort will be made to construct suitable quarters. The need for a University theatre and auditorium has often been suggested, but it is apparently necessary to focus attention by some unusual incident and to stimulate effort by revelation of a glaring deficiency. The conversion of Massachusetts Hall may accomplish this highly desirable result...
...most profitable sources of Harvard history. As a matter of fact, the stimulating of interest is scarcely necessary. There is plenty of interest--but little satisfaction. And it would be the gratifying of this largely unsatisfied curiosity that such work on the part of the Society would accomplish...