Word: endeavored
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...play an integral role in guiding the administration’s interaction with the Supreme Court, working under Obama’s nominee for attorney general, Eric J. Holder.“I am honored and grateful, awestruck and excited, to be asked to contribute to this most important endeavor,” Kagan wrote in an e-mail to the Law School community.Kagan said that she viewed the post as an opportunity to “help advance this nation’s commitment to the rule of law at what I think is a critical time...
...honored and grateful, awestruck and excited, to be asked to contribute to this most important endeavor," Kagan wrote in an e-mail to the Law School community...
...went undercover as a man for more than a year- Vincent was overcome with depression, lost touch with reality and checked herself into a psychiatric hospital. The experience was not a good one (what visit to the loony bin is?), and so Vincent set out on a new endeavor: cataloging her experiences in three different mental institutions to find out what mental health care in America is really like. She visited an inner city hospital, a rural hospital, and a private alternative treatment rehab facility. To gain access, Vincent, like Bly, had to fake the crazy. This time, though...
...become investors by pursuing long-term goals and undervalued securities. He taught us that in order to find the best investment opportunities, you must open your mind to all possibilities around the world. More important, he showed us that if you want to be successful in any endeavor, particularly investing, you need to keep an open mind and be willing to learn. His investment career spanned five decades, but his lifelong devotion was to spiritual concerns and philanthropy. While Sir John was famous as a financial-industry legend and visionary, we knew him as a man of strong principles...
...making cutbacks.While the decline of print journalism is an unfortunate development, it is also an inevitable one. The Internet has pulled subscription and advertising dollars out from under newspapers, and free services like Craigslist have replaced previously profitable classified ads. Fighting to preserve current print circulations is a futile endeavor. However, there is a place for journalism online. If newspapers can develop a new online business model and adapt their content to the new requirements of the Web, they can and will thrive.Newspapers’ success online is dependant on their ability to make Internet content profitable...