"When we lose it, the game becomes an effort, a chore," Garcia said.
Dr. Aquino, 54, of Glen Head, N.Y., told Judge Rakoff that in return for the payments, he understood Mr. Kruger, a Brooklyn Democrat, "would take official actions in an effort — a failed effort — to keep Parkway Hospital open".
At downtown parties of the '60s, I'd slip into watching others, but then someone would accuse me of checking out, and I'd make an effort a while to simulate presence.
The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort – a sustained effort _ to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.
There was an effort, a movement, to stop this threat that rock and roll represented".
The police made an effort a couple of years back to crack down on Christiania's flagrant dopeheads, but it failed horribly, pushing hash dealers into the inner city and flaring up a proper gang war.
