The appointment of someone with no political or a civil service background suggests that the government may be more willing and able than it has been in the past to tap the expertise of the country's successful business sector in executing difficult endeavors, many of which have languished under career politicians and bureaucrats.
A few days ago we wrote about Mel Sampat, a member of the Windows Phone 7 development team who had chosen to leave the team to pursue his own endeavors, part of which included making third-party apps for the very platform he helped make.
It not only humanizes "enemy" spies, but empathizes with them in their endeavors, some of which involve killing innocent people.
Jack-o'-lantern D.I.Y. endeavors for which the cost of the supplies needed exceeds the cost of a pumpkin by more than five hundred per cent.
The public is quite aware of her heroic endeavors, for which she often receives praise and gratitude.
But with his new book, "Fear," Woodward will be returning to the sort of endeavor for which he has been best known during his long career: real-time reporting on American power and the presidency.
Technologically, we're at the confluence of three major trends right now that make the notion of building a software companion a realistic endeavor, each of which points to what makes a companion special, and differentiated.
The journalist Joe Conason first reported the conversation between Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Powell in his coming book about Bill Clinton's postpresidency, "Man of the World: The Further Endeavors of Bill Clinton," which The New York Times received an advanced copy of.
The purpose of the Society is to encourage study of and communication about the work of Peirce and its ongoing influence in the many fields of intellectual endeavor to which he contributed.
In running for president, Mr. Bruni says, "Bush was pursuing an endeavor for which one of the most basic, useful skills was a polished, mellifluous manner of public speaking, and he did not possess it".
As an Iowan, I take some comfort in the thought that one of Senator McGovern's earliest political memories took place in the Iowa State Capitol, and that the capstone recognition of the endeavor for which he will be forever remembered -- alleviating hunger -- came in that same majestic building in 2008 as he received the World Food Prize -- the "Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture".
