Another way to describe all this effort is "thoughtful".
This can be seen as a limitation of the method because it requires substantially greater effort and thoughtful engagement than is required by more exploratory methods.
The developments here promote their open spaces and low-density building plans as thoughtful efforts to respect the land, noting that these efforts add value to their real estate by limiting inventory and offering breathtaking views.
It is an interesting concept, and is also one of the better, more thoughtful efforts in this show.
The study, Dr. Jellinek said, may reflect new understanding and "thoughtful efforts" to use adult drugs in children "to treat children with serious mental health needs".
Mr. Noyce, whose career ranges from hack work like "The Bone Collector" to thoughtful efforts like "The Quiet American," knows how to keep the action in high gear.
There have been thoughtful efforts by Friends of the Jack Kerouac House, the nonprofit run by Barmore and Gallagher, to turn the house into a museum.
These "policy" riders seem less like thoughtful efforts to improve the status of our country and more like old ideas ill suited to the 21st century, driving a headlong ideological rush into the last century.
In this context-free context, their able and thoughtful efforts seem less like performances than like stunts; the frenetic and spectacular display of actorly work conveys such detached virtuosity that it undercuts, from the start, the very human touch that it signifies, and for which it substitutes.
But some of the more thoughtful efforts, such as Electronic Arts' "All Play" sports games, aren't connecting either.
The team behind the social conversation platform Branch is today launching a new venture with Potluck, a service which seems almost the complete inverse of the company's earlier efforts at inspiring thoughtful, quality discussions on the web.
