Word: endeavorment
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...Fearful that the U.S. missile-satellite effort may cause other sciences to be neglected, Du Pont President Crawford H. Greenewalt warned that "hasty expedients may, while promising immediate advantage, weaken rather than advance our long-range scientific endeavor." Said he: "I sincerely hope that no scientific chauvinism will lead us down ill-considered pathways toward goals which may be more glitter than gold...
...seat at the NATO conference table, put on his glasses, and. in firm, clear tones, began to read: "We are in a fast-running current of the great stream of history. Heroic efforts will be needed to steer the world toward true peace. This is a high endeavor. But it is one which the free nations of the world can accomplish." When he had finished, NATO Secretary-General Paul-Henri Spaak and Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan turned to him with quick, wide smiles of congratulation...
Over burgundy and brandy at Boston's Parker House in May 1857, there occurred a rare fusion of good minds and venturesome money. In ten hours at table, eight Bostonians agreed to start a magazine "devoted to literature, art and politics" that would "endeavor to be the exponent of what its conductors believe to be the American idea." Thus was born the Atlantic Monthly, whose first issue, edited by Poet James Russell Lowell, appeared 100 years ago this week. Eight editors, 1,200 issues and some 100 million words later, the Atlantic is the second oldest magazine of ideas...
...policy does not apply to emergency conditions. It is our policy and our earnest endeavor that no one in dental pain shall be turned away. We save time between our filling appointments so that we shall always be able to take care of emergencies. We also give high priority to the restorative programs which grow out of an emergency situation, such as root canal treatment after an acute abcess. In this way we handle a great many major dental problems: the urgent ones. James M. Dunning, D.D.S., Director, Dental Health Service...
...almost five out of every six need dental care. While this may be attributable to the average Harvardman's disdain for the physical, a genteel Bohemianism, or perhaps even to actual cowardliness, the important thing is that something be done to restore a physical basis for Harvard's mental endeavor. As of yet, the University has not adequately met the dental problem...