Word: effortful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Toward the end, it was a really good effort by the whole team to salvage what we could," Gates said. "They were very fast, very athletic. I think our whole team and our coach thinks we could have given them a better game than they...
Monti had 11 points, six rebounds and five assists in the losing effort. Senior guard Courtney Egelhoff added 11 points and four boards...
Wolfe described his own writing technique, which combines his prior experience as a reporter with his ability to amuse readers. He argued that most contemporary writers do not invest the effort and talent needed to effectively portray today's culture...
...Bradley seems unteachable in the tricks of the imagemeisters. Two-thirds of likely Democratic primary voters find Bradley not your typical politician. So imagine how jarring it was to learn that, like a typical politician, Bradley sought help for his campaign from Madison Avenue, and did so secretly. The effort began 16 months ago, according to Adweek, when Bradley sat himself down before a group of outside-the-Beltway advertising executives to seek advice. The host, Mark DiMassimo, said the group took a hard look at how to improve "Bradley the Brand." Dubbed the Crystal Group, for Bradley's Missouri...
...social stigma. "The public's synonym for us is still psycho," he says. "We are feared and misunderstood." Partly to counter this, individuals with mental illness call themselves "consumers"--an emotionally neutral word meant to suggest people who consume medications and services associated with psychiatric disability. A voting effort, for example, is called a consumer-registration drive; psychosocial rehabilitation is considered consumer-driven...