Word: endeavor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hard to find a moment since World War II when so many different ones came together at the same time. It was our view that a reversal of American fortunes was certainly possible, and that journalism had a responsibility to play a part." The result is an editorial endeavor that will total more than 160 pages in Time Inc.'s magazines...
...avocado to water knows the basics of hydroponics, the science of growing plants in soil-free solutions. But plant nutrition specialists have advanced the skill so that large scale commerical operations are now economical. And drug dealers are taking advantage of its use. Hydroponics originated as a purely scientific endeavor when botanists set out to study the needs for survival of different plants. Scientists have now identified the 17 nutrients that must be added to drinking water to produce high yields for plants grown hydroponically. Supplied as soluble salts, these nutrients dissolve in the water at precise concentrations and must...
...report also represents a sort of anomaly. Given the glacial speed with which most such University committees move, the briskness of the Gomes group's endeavor and the firmness of its proposals seem relatively remarkable. Formed last spring by President Bok amid clamor for a campus Third World center, the committee's report shows that meaningful student protest can provide can impetus for change...
Being an old-fashioned integrationist and an optimist about the capacity of the current generation of young Americans to rid American life of its hoary racist ways, I would suggest to the Seymour Society that they give some thought to this endeavor. Instead of pursuing the route of other all-Black organizations existing at Harvard--and we have too many already--intensifying the already excessive isolation of white and Black student experiences here, why not strike out a new course for once...
...with a mind shaped like a box score. It is a place where legions exist to prove that what Presidents have done is wrong and what they want to do cannot be done, or will not work if it is done. This kind of assessment is a high-tension endeavor, employing perhaps a quarter of a million people, and never more at fever pitch than during a presidential transition...