Word: effort
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...churches are a far cry from the 18,000 that existed when Stalin died, and just a fraction of the 54,000 before the Bolshevik Revolution. Ever since World War II, when Stalin fostered a , revival of Orthodoxy in order to enlist its support in the war effort, the Kremlin's policy has been not to liquidate the church but to infiltrate and control it. For that reason, the Soviet regime has always preferred docile Russian-led Orthodox and Protestant churches to Catholicism, which is more independent and led by a feisty Pope in Rome...
Nowhere is this creeping globalism more striking than in high-definition television. Six months ago, American electronics manufacturers were using apocalyptic terms to describe the race to build tomorrow's TV sets, calling it a life-and-death struggle for economic survival. But plans for a coordinated U.S. effort quickly got bogged down in arguments over technical standards...
...effort to inform Harvard students about the issues facing the Asian-American community, student groups will launch a week of cultural activities on campus today to promote an understanding of Asian-American heritage...
...services, which include linking the Medical School area to a University-wide system for the first time, are the start of an effort to replace the "obsolete and expensive" network currently in use with the 5ESS Intellipath System, said Anne H. Margulies, assistant director for the Network Services of the Office for Information Technology...
...effort to make the bill more acceptable to legislators, the Democratic leadership will now propose an increase in the state sales tax from 5 to 6 percent, Keverian said. The initial legislation called for a tax increase to 7 percent...