According to legend, Henri Desgrange, the founder of the Tour de France, disagreed with the very concept of teams in his race; they detracted from the ultimate individual endeavour.
Men, stripped to the waist, chuck bucketfuls of water at a rock, emulating the power of the sea – or perhaps demonstrating the ultimate futility of human endeavour.
According to the literature, clear communication of mission and goals among the various providers and positive relationships between them promotes cooperation, which contributes to the ultimate success of an endeavour [ 12, 39, 41- 43].
The ultimate purpose of the monastic endeavour is to attain a state of freedom from bondage, where both bondage and freedom are defined in theological terms.
The ultimate failure of all human endeavour is a given: it is the furious and impassioned struggle against the inevitability of misery and failure that drives Verdi's operas.
The ultimate goal of this research endeavour is to assess the impact of interventions aimed at continuous quality improvement with the help of PQIs and possibly outcome measures.
While investigating the evolutionary trajectories of the jelly-roll fold and determining its ultimate origin in DNA virus groups is certainly an intriguing prospect, such an endeavour is beyond the scope of this report.
But rather than folding your arms glumly with a defeatist attitude and reluctantly donning that weary-looking Santa hat, you should probably be watching Mitchell Kezin's heartwarming documentary Jingle Bell Rocks!, following the heroic endeavours of a group of vinyl junkies to create the ultimate alternative xmas playlist.
There's a way in which we have come to think of doctors and nurses as part of the formidable medical endeavour to hold death at bay whatever the cost; death is the ultimate failure.
But the University of Liverpool Velocipede Team is hoping to push the limits of two-wheeled endeavour to a new level with a NASA-style bicycle and the ultimate human engine.
