Word: endeavored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Under the new plan, this sigma will quickly disappear. For Claverly residents, chosen deliberately to be as capable in the various fields of undergraduate endeavor as the rest of their class, will soon destroy the stereotype. Once the stigma is gone, the main difficulty a Claverly resident finds in participating in the life of his chosen House will disappear. He will stand for House committee election and play House sports without the assumption that he is at the bottom of his class. Grouping Claverly residents by Houses will also aid this adjustment, for they will be bona-fide House members...
...first time since 1929, the government proposed not only to impose no new taxes but to reduce present taxes. ¶ There would be more free enterprise. Great Britain, said Butler, will "step out from the confines of restriction to the almost forgotten but beckoning prospects of freer endeavor and greater reward for effort...
...wondered if you were aware of the relationship between Miss Russell and Hazel Washington, a charming Negro woman who entered the employ of the actress over a decade ago as a maid and subsequently became a business partner . . . This friendship, plus the many instances of charitable endeavor you cited in "The Comic Spirit," is the basis for an award to be presented to Miss Russell ... for her contributions in the field of human relations...
Early to Rise. Benson has taken command of his vastly complex task with the calm assurance of an able administrator, the energy and prayerful devotion of a Mormon missionary. A committee worker who believes, like every good Mormon, in cooperative endeavor, he has already streamlined the huge Agriculture Department so that only four men, instead of 20, report directly to him. Up at 5 and usually in his spacious, paneled office by 7:30 or 8, Benson starts most working days with a round of handshakes; he has met about one-third of the 8,000 Agriculture employees who work...
According to the Survey, "scholars" are those who dedicate themselves to advanced scholarly endeavor." Radcliffe might yet be preserved, for quality was not a consideration...