effort
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According to authorities, efforts to identify the child have been unsuccessful, and no custodial parent or family member has contacted the police to locate him.
From Los Angeles Times
Certainly, there has been notable choreographic life in the troupe’s repertory since Ailey’s death in 1989, but this season’s new efforts don’t supply it.
These efforts point toward a more deliberate and strategic approach to the national security industrial base, consistent with the framework in our recent Brookings Institution study.
Other officials opposed December’s rate cut, expressing concern that the Fed’s efforts to get inflation back to the 2% target had stalled this year, the minutes said.
So he made a concerted effort from the start to bring the group together outside of football.
From Los Angeles Times
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