Word: effort
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Indeed this fight is one for men's minds and the effort must be made by ideas which appeal to the aspiration of men's soul. Too many people here have not the slightest idea what they should aim at, how high a standard of living a real democracy can bring...
Traditionally, Harvard makes little effort to "integrate" its student bodies, whether in the class room, the Houses, or the football stadium. The effect of this policy is the "individualism" that is the outstanding characteristic of the Harvard College environment. The questions now to be answered are these: to what degree and in what ways does this "individualism" affect undergraduates, and to what extent is it desirable or undesirable...
...laid plans for spending the Quakers' $20,000 share of the Nobel Peace Prize (TIME, Nov. 10) to improve relations between Russia and the U.S.-probably by methods suggested by a recent series of Quaker-sponsored newspaper ads: immediate peace talks, strengthening of the U.N., and "a new effort to arrange the exchange of students, writers, religious leaders and industrial workers...
...There was some of this, of course. But, surprisingly enough, it gave way before a conviction, apparently deep and widespread, that the whole gamut of the scientific effort is worthy of support, and that basic science in particular should be furthered. This is a very healthy sign, and it may indicate that we acquired a considerable amount of intellectual maturity...
...month ago, Pan Am and Panagra carried their fight to Congress. They pointed out that Braniff had asked for airmail subsidies of $3,000,000 a year, 22 times what it had originally estimated it would need. Last week they made a last-ditch effort to get CAB to hold new hearings...