Word: endeavorment
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...critical opportunity to win over wavering voters - but this fall, the tenor of the groundwork has changed. Instead of facing one another three times over the familiar lecterns, checked by traditional time limits and rebuttal constraints, the candidates will be challenged by three different formats, where they'll endeavor to showcase their respective strengths - and cloak their weaknesses...
Granted, a knack for singing is a definite prerequisite, but frankly, that ability is far secondary to the Harvard affiliation that we have taken for granted over the past four years. Without Harvard's name (and clout) backing our endeavor, combined with the support of numerous Harvard Clubs and alums around the world, this trip would be impossible...
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...
...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...