This election was won through the collective efforts of Americans of every race.
What is all too clear for those involved is that the collective efforts are dwarfed by the challenges they face.
"Our upcoming film project... integrates the collective efforts of three administrations, including those of Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama," they wrote.
If you imagine the collective efforts of all coalition forces throughout the country doing this kind of work, you'll understand that progress, while sometimes arduous, is absolutely constant.
"Based on our analysis," the working group reported, "the collective efforts of servicers and government officials to date have not translated into meaningful improvement in foreclosure prevention outcomes".
And despite the collective efforts being imposed upon us the economic outlook is not rosy – with unemployment remaining high and business confidence low.
Getting more girls a good education requires an approach that harnesses the collective efforts of developing nations, donor nations, multilateral organizations, NGOs, private-sector institutions.
As far behind as the original PC may have been, it was only a matter of time before the collective efforts of Microsoft, Intel and a horde of others would overtake Apple.
The collective efforts of those of us employed to present Labour's case as effectively as possible resulted in most people by 2010 thinking the party had achieved less in government than it actually had.
Rather, choosing a leader will now be done on the basis of the clearly articulated manifestos of the candidates, the quality of their engagement with caucus and party processes and their contributions to the collective efforts of the parliamentary party.
Art fairs are here for the foreseeable future and represent the collective efforts — if not the hopes and dreams — of thousands of people who want art to be at the center of their lives.
