Word: endeavor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...structures were in a dangerously dire condition, officials elected to tackle five buildings this spring and summer: Adams House, Claverly Hall, Old Leverett. Old Quincy and the Gore half of Winthrop House. Next summer, officials expect to tackle Dunster. Kirkland and Eliot Houses. In 1985 the projected $50 million endeavor will wind down with repairs in North and South Houses, the two other aging, brick upperclass dormitories...
...WRITE a play around an "idea" is a dangerous endeavor. All too often the characters flatten out and the dialogue begins to resemble a philosophy text. If the play somehow falls to convey its message, nothing remains. But J.B. Priestley's Time and the Conways proves that a well-crafted, realistic drama can lose its philosophical thrall and still provide a thought-provoking and enjoyable evening...
...scenes, the well-targeted snap of dance steps, the synchronized sparkle of line delivery and reaction. The complex mainstage machinery rises and whirs, the orchestra thumps away, the presentation flows. But the pit yawns, and engulfs the actors' sparkle, and remains bottomless, for theirs is the most pitifully misguided endeavor the Harvard stage has witnessed in many moons...
...helped had the BSC taken a more earnest stab at this drama. Wilde wrote a charming satire that, besides entertaining, might stimulate some thought on the excessive concern of the aristocratic class with manners and decorum. Random male-female substitution does not add anything to the effectiveness of this endeavor, and overacting never does...
Those involved in the retouched endeavor have had no difficulty finding rationales for the change. Richard Abell, director of program development, commented that "the philosophy is that the goose that laid the golden egg for the American dream has been the economic system." Ruppe feels that "personal enrichment and economic growth are vital and appropriate additions" to the original aims of the Peace Corps. Although personal growth has always been a part of the program ("The toughest job you'll ever love," the brochures promise) not until now has the program added the promise of "rich" to the concept...