Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pollack, Harvard made its best effort to make her say yes--letters, phone calls, a tennis recruitment video tape (sold to her for $23), the recruitment trip and prefrosh week. But she still has not withdrawn an application to Princeton University, and she says the decision will be a tough one if she is admitted there...
...have, for the first time, made a substantial effort to raise a large endowment" to improve the University's accessibility, Bok said. He said he has recently met with potential donors and is optimistic about the likelihood that a fund will be established soon. Bok did not say what size the endowment would...
...suffered some losses, but I don't think that speaks to any decrease in the long-range program," said Gordon. "The thing I would worry about is if the university were dragging its feet in the matter. But they're not, and we're making a strong effort to get people to replace the professors we lost...
...that his wife was suffering from more than postdefeat blues. He explained that Kitty had checked into a private clinic in Newport, R.I., for treatment of an alcohol problem that had surfaced suddenly after the election. Said the Governor: "A combination of physical exhaustion, the stress of the campaign effort and postelection letdown all combined to create a situation in which, on a limited number of occasions while at home, she has used alcohol in excessive quantities...
...then burgeoning regional-theater movement. Those goals were met: the conservatory today trains 70 actors in an academically accredited, three-year program, and the company won a 1979 Tony Award for regional excellence. But an equal concern for Ball, it seemed, was to ensure his own longevity, and that effort not only eventually doomed his tenure but nearly destroyed what he had built as well. A.C.T. remains burdened with debt, compounded by the prospect of up to $10 million in needed maintenance for its aging theater. Worse, judging by its current offerings, the company is artistically humdrum...