Word: effort
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...promises to visit and plans for biweekly meals that filled the Annenberg air. But I was worried, and I was most worried about the Boys Across the Hall, with whom our relationship had been dependent on proximity. We had never had to make plans, or even to make an effort beyond three steps or a yell. It wasn't that I didn't think we valued the relationships enough to make that effort, only that I didn't know if they would translate...
...impressed," Baker said. "This was the first time any of the freshmen have raced and already they are key contributors to the team, helping to account for a very strong team effort, an effort especially strong for such an early-season meet...
...price so that Soundscan would register two purchases for every one. Oh, and lest we forget, the double CD was available in six (!) different collectible editions (did he really think that his fans would by 12 CDs??). But the latest attempt is perhaps the most pathetic; in his effort to transcend country, he's evolved into --gasp!--a macho rock star. Portraying "Chris Gaines," Brooks is hoping the novelty of a dye job and a funky goatee will have the masses running to the nearest Virgin Megastore. The reviews certainly aren't going to attract them--critics have been brutal...
...they do expect a good faith effort to do the reading...
Watson said he believes that debate over legislating genetics is wasted effort. "The real dilemma is the disease," he said. If geneticists can cure a disease, Watson indicated, they should be able...