A 76 from Murphy helped him to within three, yet it would need a colossal effort to turn the match around.
So, what gives -- is the public immune to this colossal effort to shape their presidential preferences?
It is by any yardstick a colossal effort to help a country in the name of European solidarity.
I was apprehensive about writing the book, since Salinger's colossal effort to block the publication of A Writer's Life by Ian Hamilton was legendary in literary and legal circles.
Few, for example, say they can imagine how the country's education system -- once one of Africa's best, but now in a state of advanced decay -- could manage the kind of colossal effort required to make even a modest dent in the linguistic habits of a population so large.
To show the kind of collateral damage left by his colossal efforts, there's no need to go further than the pages of The New Yorker, where, in December , 1980 at the time of the film's release, Pauline Kael wrote that its star, Kris Kristofferson, "seems groggy from the effort to act….
At the same time it is an important testament to the generosity of Jordan, and the colossal efforts that its government and people, with the support of more than 59 humanitarian organizations, have made to help shelter, assist, and protect thousands of refugees.
It brought some stand-out performances from Danny Care, Courtney Lawes, Joe Launchbury and Vunipola to name but a few, and two colossal efforts from Tom Youngs and Ben Morgan off the bench.
Bridging the gap between our own minds and other minds requires colossal efforts of deliberation, humility and cooperation, but recognizing why this gap exists to begin with can help start us on our way.
