Word: endeavored
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Crashing down a row of tollbooths a week before the Senate election in the hopes of endearing Massachusetts voters essentially did just the opposite: They scoffed at his meager endeavor. Kerry pranced off to Washington leaving Weld in the dust without his coveted Senate seat. Splashing his name on The New York Times and Newsweek appeared to be his next sortie; however, his attempts to create another fifteen minutes of fame were demolished by the churlish Jesse Helms. For once, Helms, the bane of politics, had the right idea. Weld, seeking the illustrious position of Ambassador to Mexico, made himself...
...impoverished outpost where Kenan grew up "going to hog killings one minute and watching Star Trek the next." He was sent there at six weeks old by his parents, who were unmarried and residing in New York, to be reared by his great-aunt. His upbringing became the collective endeavor of a group of elderly relatives with abiding faith in both religion and folklore who spent endless hours telling fantastical stories--"tales of ghost dogs and people rising from the dead." The residue of these stories has found its way into Kenan's fiction. In the short story Clarence...
...good sport, Matt played along and was even videotaped during the endeavor...
...simple fact remains, that athletics, as much as any intellectual endeavor, can and does have a remarkable effect on those who choose to involve themselves...
...council expected to collect less than half of the original 500 surveys--a sample size that may not have much statistical significance. This is not to say the census project was not marred by other logistical errors. Nevertheless, it is clear that political quarrels greatly hampered this endeavor...