Word: endeavored
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...never met a human worth cloning," says cloning expert Mark Westhusin from the cramped confines of his lab at Texas A&M University. "It's a stupid endeavor." That's an interesting choice of adjective, coming from a man who has spent millions of dollars trying to clone a 13-year-old dog named Missy. So far, he and his team have not succeeded, though they have cloned two calves and expect to clone a cat soon. They just might succeed in cloning Missy later this year?or perhaps not for another five years. It seems the reproductive system...
...Although there have been many, many publishers who would love [to publish a sequel]. I've turned down bumper stickers. I've turned down day planners. I've turned down calendars. Bracelets. Refrigerator magnets. I've said no to everything, because this was never supposed to be a commercial endeavor. Somebody came to me last night and said they'd like to do a cruise based on Tuesdays with Morrie. You've got the wrong guy. It's just not what I had in mind...
...never met a human worth cloning," says cloning expert Mark Westhusin from the cramped confines of his lab at Texas A&M University. "It's a stupid endeavor." That's an interesting choice of adjective, coming from a man who has spent millions of dollars trying to clone a 13-year-old dog named Missy. So far, he and his team have not succeeded, though they have cloned two calves and expect to clone a cat soon. They just might succeed in cloning Missy this spring--or perhaps not for another five years. It seems the reproductive system...
...sell a product besides the intellects of their employees. At the most basic level, they're in the business of solving other people's problems. But when you work for a company that actually makes things, you've got to solve your own problems every day, an endeavor which is, to my mind, much more rewarding. In big companies, some of the most interesting work is in business development, the part of the company that is concerned with strategy. When a company "partners" with another firm, buys another firm, or decides to enter a new market, it's often...
Unfortunately, in most Core classes no one--neither the professor, the teaching fellows or the students--have much interest in the class. The atmosphere in many Core offerings is not one of intellectual endeavor but rather one reminiscent of drivers' education classes. As a result, grading standards in Core classes tend to be arbitrary...