Word: exertions
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...this requires a superb director, and that is exactly what the Loeb production lacks; in fact, there are moments when it seemed director Norris Houghton had failed to exert any influence. Each actor appeared to be on his own as far as motion and expression were concerned...
...ballbearing producer SKF, and Stora Kopparberg, a diversified mining and mineral complex (TIME, March 15). The family also guides Stockholm's largest department store and the company that runs the city's three most luxurious restaurants. In no other industrialized nation in the world does one family exert such enormous economic power...
...crowded world where privacy is increasingly difficult, more and more Americans are trying to exert some measure of control over who can summon them out of a hot bath, a sound sleep, or an absorbing conversation. The unlisted phone number, long a hallmark of distinction for the few, has become nearly as common as a credit card...
...failed to exert a real influence at Harvard largely because many of its educational purposes are achieved through political groups, publications, and the critical-reflective atmosphere of the College itself. But since this atmosphere does not exist on many American campuses, NSA can play an important role in the educational process at other schools. In the past, Harvard has often made significant contributions to the development of NSA and to its programs; the College continues to be in the vanguard of the organization. Harvard students are national and regional officers; and the University's faculty and physical facilities are resources...
SNCC members were bound by principle not to retaliate violently. The organization has always adhered closely to the policy of non-violence, hoping that it will exert a strong enough moral force to help rapid integration. But non-violence does not work at pistol point, especially if there is no effective agency of the law to deter prospective killers. The FBI and Justice Department in Mississippi have not been effective...