Word: effort
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...effort pays off, he says. "I only pick from the cream...no milk for me," he smiles...
They watched sculls slip by seemingly without effort in the sport that has demanded so much time through the decades from Harvard men and, lately, from Harvard women. As befits a traditional race, the spectators basked in the sun and munched on fried dough, hot dogs and junk food of unknown origin...
Where he is is at the top of his field--Baird Professor of Science Dudley R. Herschbach, who moderated the discussion, praised Stern as a "champion of contemporary music" and a violinist who has "devoted enormous effort to supporting the arts" in his introduction...
...help with that effort, the board has recruited Rod Wright, president of Attitude Research, a St. Louis polling firm that specializes in school-finance votes. Fortunately for Webster, he has kids in local schools and donates his time. The goal, he advises the board, "is to get people to vote their emotions and aspirations--and not their pocketbooks...
...declined from 3.9% to 1.3% over the past five years, but needs to stay down to keep the state funds flowing. So the school has compiled a list of 150 students considered highly "at risk" of quitting, and is targeting them for extra attention. Everyone agrees that this effort is admirable--and necessary, given the school's $1.2 million budget deficit. But there is no discussion here of teachers' private complaints: that one result of the focus on keeping 150 kids from dropping out is a lowering of standards and expectations, not only for them but for all the other...