Word: endeavored
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...accumulates data by observation and measurement. From an assemblage of such data the scientist constructs a hypothesis, a formula that expresses the relationships he finds." As soon as further observation shows that the working hypothesis is faulty, it is replaced by another which seems more nearly correct. "Fortunately, scientific endeavor does not have to be perfect to yield results. The magnificent structure of dynamics was based on a differential calculus that was, logically, full of holes." Kepler's laws explaining planetary motion were based on calculations now shown to be mere approximations. Even the Euclidean underpinnings of Newton...
...international police problems easier than is frequently supposed. Millis does not foresee a comprehensive world government nor does he seek to purge the power element from international relations. His international police will only have the authority to insist that power disputes be settled non-militarily. Their success in this endeavor rests squarely on the endurance of the pacifist consensus; the international police will be unable to prevent the resumption of the arms race, for their job will be purely investigatory...
According to Mesthene, the wide-ranging research endeavor will issue no single report...
...White House. Born to a family of civil servants, Hoover first went to work for that "mammoth filing cabinet," the Library of Congress. From there he moved to the Justice Department, where he cleaned up its seamy, scandal-ridden investigative division and established "that monument to bureaucratic endeavor-a central fingerprint file." In the course of his career, Hoover has regularly exaggerated the FBI's accomplishments, writes Kraft. But why not? All federal bureaus, from the FCC to the Reclamation Bureau, do the same. While Hoover has a reputation for being his own boss, he is shrewd enough always...
...Washington Square theater, it is being presented as a broad and bouncy farce. Since this repertory group is a learn-while-you-earn company, the pay-as-you-go spectator should not be unduly surprised at still another miscarriage of esthetic justice. The amusing thing about an endeavor of this sort is that it flatters playgoers that they are breasting the cultural deeps, while the production itself merely dips its toes in a dramatic masterpiece...