Word: endeavored
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...only blemish to an otherwise perfect afternoon came in the final doubles match when Beckman and Rob Wheeler felt in a lackadaisacal endeavor 6-2, 2-6,1-6. As to be expected Harvard undefeated doubles team of sands and Beren blew away Dartmouth's Stein and Glen French...
Typically, HIID takes on a project, funded by the government of a developing country, at the request of that government Otherwise, the Institute bids its services against those of other development consultants, in which case organizations like the World Bank or the Agency for International Development (AID) support the endeavor...
...joint committee for military projects," a sort of study group on defense matters. Exactly what it would study was not clear. But Prince Sultan, who attended the press conference, quickly observed that the relationship between the two countries was "not based on cooperation in the field of military endeavor." Replied Weinberger: "His Highness is, of course, correct...
...kingmaker to the Communist party's inner circle, Suslov was instrumental in the ascendency of Chairman Nikita Khruschev to power in 1958, and again for his downfall in 1964. The many machinations of power politics never seemed to daunt the Soviet minister, whose ferocity found outlet for endeavor in uncounted tasks during the more than 40 years he serve the Kremlin...
...disdain, Muggeridge overlooks an even more pernicious influence. As editor of Punch, he hears the magazine described as revolutionary. "Correct," he replies, "Punch is now critical of all authority,, including revolutionary." In so criticizing every human endeavor, in mocking not merely politicians but their constituencies, the curmudgeon eventually leaves himself no earthly attachments outside the self. It may indeed be that Ecclesiastes is correct and that all is vanity...