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Word: endeavors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...business development are simply unworkable, given reservations' desolation and isolation. The Navahos of Arizona live on top of $2.5 billion worth of coal, but can't get to it without a $100 million railroad. And this is not to mention the potential envrionmental problems posed by such an endeavor...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Rotten Choices | 2/11/1984 | See Source »

...There are more records in medicine than any other endeavor in American history," says Richard J. Wolf, curator of Countway's department of rare books. "And since some of the earliest doctors in America practiced here in Boston, one idea for such a library developed in New England," he adds...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Treasure in the Stacks | 2/2/1984 | See Source »

Last week, amid great expectations, Michaels returned. Not to the low-key late-night schedule, but to the hour of reckoning: prime time. And not for a loose-limbed 90 minutes but for a stricter 60. The question that hovered over the whole endeavor: What could he do for an encore without cannibalizing his own success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mining Familiar Territory | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

Furthermore, despite rare cases of so-called "overnight successes," the record industry, especially in times like these, has been conservative to the point of rejecting new musicians and styles. For any new artist to emerge successful in this endeavor requires a good deal of plain old work and, above all, patience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Year's | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

...University Avoids Confronting Harassment" would have been a better and more accurate title for your article on the release of the survey results (10-27-83, p.3). Sometimes journalists, in their endeavor to find neutral sounding language, can give a mistakenly positive picture of things. Amy Glarckman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Neutrality | 11/11/1983 | See Source »

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