Word: effortful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...York City station. Still, I was startled by the possibility that ABC could have uncovered a smoking gun in a medical controversy that has been simmering unresolved for years. The program centered on the old allegations of George Carlo, the former director of a $25 million research effort begun by the cellular-phone industry to investigate the health effects of the low-level microwave emissions...
...amateur echo of the Four Seasons' Autumn Room (where tables are centered around a "grove" of cherry blossoms and a reflecting pool), and the tangential similarity to Japanese gardens recalls the austere asceticism of the Seasons as well as Quincy's slightly more Orientalized vision. The effort can be soothing when the fountain is gurgling, but it mostly looks so out of place and deliberate it only further alienates those eating in the house from feeling comfort or familiarity there...
...editor, "Our offer was equal in, equal out." Jones and Melissa Mueller '00, the other Cabot co-chair, brought the proposal back to their House masters and senior tutor, and, Jones claims, with an understanding that Currier and PfoHo "couldn't guarantee to put in one-third of the effort." Because of the previous year's problems with overindulgence of alcohol at both the fall and spring Cabot formals, as well as the financial situation, the Cabot powers-that-be decided to remove themselves from this year's quad Formal and plan their own private event...
...Bradley made a more sincere effort to answer the questions," he said...
...Harvard's continued excellence on defense, though, that proved to be the deciding factor in yesterday's game. Co-captain Jess Larson and senior back Gina Foster anchored yet another spectacular defensive effort for the Crimson...