Word: endeavor
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...Norman Foster-designed, 125,000-sq-m residential and commercial complex is visualized as an epoch-defining landmark. Both the hotel and the Aleph are in turn envisaged as part of a fully fledged art district that attempts to revive Buenos Aires' early 20th century belle epoque. A grand endeavor indeed, but Faena has already shown that he can create something special where others might see folly...
After so much time off, having to play so many games in so little time could be a grueling endeavor for Harvard. But the squad has taken measures to make sure it is well prepared for the task...
...Harvard switched to the current, randomized process where blocking groups have no control over the house in which they would spend the next three years. The endeavor aimed to foster racial mixing and end the concentration of minority students and athletes in certain houses. Reaction to this plan was fairly mixed at first, with some student minority leaders expressing doubts about the consequences of the move. For instance, Derrick N. Ashong ’97, a former president of the BSA, worried that the plan would cause splintering in the Black community...
Though Thoreson’s transformation of a daunting, forbidding academic competition into a learning experience—not a conduit to success, but a valuable endeavor in and of itself—is perhaps extreme, it is to be admired. Perhaps we mortals can approximate his keen appreciation and earnestness, in other, less punishing ways: the transformation of a routine Core class into a learning experience; of office hours into an engaging conversation; of the library into more than an espresso bar and a place to cram...
...exile after the Chinese Cultural Revolution, is a self-described non-Communist, non-democratic, non-traditionalist non-modernist author. Rejecting the ideological dogmatism that defined the nation of his birth, Gao argues for the individuality of the writing process and for a view of literature as a spiritual endeavor rather than a political one.It’s an original—even admirable—thesis, but unfortunately, the book lacks potency and persuasive appeal.In contrast to the stringent maxims of Mao’s “Little Red Book,” much of Gao?...