Word: effort
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Menino has taken the kids under his wing and made a serious effort to establish personal relations with the group...
Looking to the future, we pledge to continue to make every effort to work cooperatively with PBHA and to uphold the provisions of the Agreement, the importance of which has never been more evident than it is today. Dean Kidd has carried out her responsibilities superbly, working cooperatively and collegially with students and staff. The acrimonious and personalized nature of your letter concerns me, and I hope I can be reassured that does not presage an lessening of PBHA's commitment to our Agreement; PBHA continues to discuss with the College important issues for which assurances of PBHA's cooperation...
Lewis said PBHA also bypassed Kidd in their effort to create minimum safety standards. He called PBHA's failure to consult Kidd "extremely problematic," because of concerns with insurance standards and the safety of people served by PBHA programs...
Carnesale has been at Harvard for 23 years and has served the University in multiple capacities including Dean of the Kennedy School, Provost and acting President--at one time, all three simultaneously. He has played a major role in the administration's effort to bring distant parts of the University together, including working with President Neil L. Rudenstine to create five inter-faculty initiatives. In addition, Carnesale has kept the central administration's budget down, keeping its growth rate lower than the rate of inflation in the economy...
...Boxer said the FBI gave her a classified report about the Chinese government's desire to gain influence in Washington. In a statement, she said she was "told to be on the alert for any Chinese nationals or r epresentatives of the Chinese government contacting her office in an effort to influence United States foreign policy." Senator Diane Feinstein received a similar classified report. Clinton said that had he known about the briefing, he would have had his aides "evaluate (it) and make recommendations about what, if any, changes we ought to make and what we should be alert...