Word: endeavor
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...Walking is buttressed by the sheer fun of said anecdotes - lists of walking-themed popular tunes and miniprofiles of the stroll-obsessed. It's a fruitful topic: walking is so essential to daily life that one can connect the act to almost every and any historical event or human endeavor - battles, expeditions, feats of endurance, or plain old human evolution as we move from crouched primates to upright homo sapiens. And while Nicholson commits that all-too-common sin of conflating his subject with his life - the book is as much memoir as history - he does so with the kind...
...Kaminski,” disputes whether one can reduce an artist’s life to such stories. Kehlmann embarks on an ambitious project to chronicle the process of creating a new iconic figure for the 21st century, ultimately finding it to be a futile endeavor. The book itself doesn’t exactly succeed either.Recounted in the witty and rhythmic voice of journalist Sebastian Zollner, the novel tells of how Zollner, who is just one bestseller away from fame, travels to the countryside to interview the reclusive Manuel Kaminski and write the artist’s definitive biography...
...diverse talents and knack for the House mastership. “They’re the heart and soul of Pfoho,” said Pforzheimer HoCo co-Chair Elizabeth B. Hadaway ’09. “They have always been incredibly supportive of every student endeavor.” The McCarthys, who have served as masters for 13 years, say they are stepping down to pursue personal and academic ambitions. Hadaway noted that the pair, whose residence is heavily decorated in the motif of the House’s polar bear mascot, has always been willing...
...ended with "a speech he made in 2002"? Nowhere did Obama and Clinton attack each other more brutally last spring than on the question of who was best equipped to handle international relations in a dangerous world. That they could be on the brink of becoming partners in that endeavor is the most remarkable evidence yet that Obama is serious about his declared intention to follow another Illinois President's model in assembling a "team of rivals" to run his government, in what could be a sharp contrast with the past 40 years of American Presidents. "I've been spending...
...Holding Notchi's hand, Obama looked at him and smiled. He pointed at himself and pointed to Notchi, and said, "Oh, you are Obama, is that right?," and laughed. Notchi was so excited that he forgot to get Obama to sign the contract, but the program nevertheless considered his endeavor a success...