But at least her magazine makes an effort, sort of.
In "Zoo Story," Mr. Albee's characterization of Peter may have been developed as much as the audience required, which makes "Homelife" a valued-added effort, sort of like adding moisturizer to a perfectly good bar of soap.
"Politics went bad for me after the 2006 and 2007 efforts failed, sort of the wilderness years for immigration," Mr. Graham said.
Arianna points out that the it's in everyone's long term strategic interests to marginalize extremists and bring moderate actors to the forefront of diplomatic efforts -- sort of a counter-insurgency strategy doctrine.
"What do you make of Ivanka and her efforts to sort of humanize her father?..
"It was an effort to sort of draw them out of the woodwork," Ms. Roll said.
It must be hard exercise, meaning it has to require real effort, the sort of workout that makes people breathe hard and drip with sweat, Dr. Dishman says.
The jeremiad against Bush was a signature Olbermann effort, the sort of stylized, mocking tirade that has lately made him a cable-news sensation, the Edward R. Murrow of the Angry Left.
(Is a hurricane-relief effort the sort of thing that "restricts freedom and liberty"?) And it matters what Paul Ryan thinks and does and, also, what he scorns — such as a woman's access to an abortion in almost any circumstance.
"I made a diligent effort to sort of educate myself," Mr. Hevesi said, explaining why he was more critical of the Police Department's handling of the issue after talking to black officials.
With that in mind, Herland's depersonalisation of motherhood – which becomes, instead, a collective effort, a sort of ambient magical gift, a religion – feels somewhere between atonement and rationalisation.
