Word: effort
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...effort to urge the administration of President Bush to withdraw from Central America by Christmas, and to further other activist causes, Joseph Moynahan founded the local group "U.S. Citizens Revolt." At his demonstration yesterday, Moynahan attached $500 in one-dollar bills--each inscribed with "BO" for "Bush Out"--to helium balloons, which he then released over the Square...
...primary anti-apartheid organization in South Africa. De Klerk, however, is trying to undermine the ANC's influence by dividing and conquering South African Blacks. His request that different Black groups become involved in the shaping of a new constitution is not an attempt at inclusion, but rather an effort to highlight the differences between these groups on desegregation and make the ANC look uncooperative...
...Because we played Providence and Jacksonville tough, we may have thought we're above a team like Harvard," UNH Coach Jim Boylan said. "We may have thought we don't have to give maximum effort. We payed for it tonight. We couldn't catch the ball, we couldn't pass the ball, we couldn't shoot the ball, we missed numerous free throws and our defense was atrocious...
Harvard officials yesterday said they were not surprised by the University's national ranking. But several expressed hope that the number of foreign students would soon rise as a result of the internationalization effort...
Despite an ongoing effort to "internationalize" the University, the percentage of foreign students at Harvard remains steady at 11th in the nation, according to a national report on 2904 colleges and universities released last week...