Word: effort
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...perplexed to discover that she has become a ghost. "What am I supposed to be learning from the spiritual equivalent of house arrest?" she wonders. "Is this an oversight on the part of the celestial authorities?" She can't leave the apartment, though she can, with great effort, nudge physical objects. (Thus vindicating the "noetic science" of Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol...
...Right now, our strengths are that we’re pretty balanced as a team, we’re solid in every unit,” Murphy said. “And right now, effort. We’re doing a great job with effort...
...Rogers’ game-winning goal was hardly a solo effort. Senior Adam Rousmaniere and co-captain Andre Akpan combined on the assist, with help from classmate and co-captain Brian Grimm at midfield. The senior triumvirate was able to thwart the Yale defense, culminating in a pass to Rogers at the left post that allowed the freshman to seal the Crimson’s fate...
...closely scrutinized than in his handling of the public option, which is the controversial proposal to set up a government-run plan, similar to Medicare, as an alternative to private insurers for covering the uninsured. Will he include the plan, as the HELP Committee bill did, inviting a certain effort to strike it out of the bill by amendment on the floor? Or will he offer a bill similar to the Finance Committee's, which does not contain the public option, and see an effort to add it on the floor? "Reid's not tipping his hand," says...
...Boyer's effort is not motivated only by a fear that consumers are being taken for a ride. She also feels that the idealized beauty in such photos is giving people false expectations of how the world should look - and how they should look as well. Because digitally enhanced photos are often used in mass-marketing campaigns for everything from soft drinks to luxury cars to travel packages, Boyer says the images are gradually leading to a standardization of what is considered beautiful - and by extension, what isn't. (Read "In the Paris Métro, Even Dead Legends...