All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. From LearnThat.org. [Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968)]
Verb (used with object) : She undertook the job of answering all the mail. ,The married couple undertook to love, honor, and cherish each other. ,The sponsors undertake that their candidate meets all the requirements. ,The lawyer undertook a new case. From Dictionary.com.
Also, the mewing episodes are much shorter, and are undertaken from a greater distance. From Wordnik.com. [» Sweet Sleep Strocel.com] Reference
The power grab this administration has undertaken is against everything a true American believes. bts. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton warns against violent anti-government attitude] Reference
An investigation undertaken from the viewpoint of the effect of its activity has yielded the finding that this is the case to a considerable extent. From Wordnik.com. [Walter Hess - Nobel Lecture] Reference
How it might actually be undertaken is of course an entirely different matter, but the notion itself is by no means misplaced as a topic of discussion if nothing else. From Wordnik.com. [Calling Out All Galloping Beavers « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
The percentage of profitable ventures to the total number undertaken is small, so that they must have large returns, because the producing companies must carry the whole burden. From Wordnik.com. [MiningA Permanent Industry] Reference
And yet they are doubtless frequently referred to as undertaken with a view to benefit and help our race. From Wordnik.com. [India's Problem, Krishna or Christ] Reference
Three years, three months, and three days of it, the very term undertaken by the Dalai Lamas themselves in their quest for enlightenment. From Wordnik.com. [The Silence] Reference
In 1903 a new critical edition of the work of Alexander of Hales was undertaken, which is to be followed by the other Franciscan scholastics. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
"consistent with the voluntary recall undertaken by Toyota," the official said. From Wordnik.com. [NewsInferno] Reference
The duty undertaken is far from a welcome one. From Wordnik.com. [The Reason Why the Colored American is not in the World's Columbian Exposition: The Afro-American's Contribution to Columbian Literature] Reference
Tim Render, said an annual review of her salary is undertaken which is compared against the number of students of the college and the size of the establishment. From Wordnik.com. [icCoventry] Reference
Muluzi, who arrived in Luanda Thursday, said in brief remarks that he welcomed "every effort" undertaken "to find peace in. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Biden praised the Libyans for the reforms they have already undertaken. From Wordnik.com. [Too Soon to Swoon] Reference
Are you reasonably satisfied with the reforms the U.N. system has undertaken?. From Wordnik.com. [It's Norway's Turn] Reference
Mindy had undertaken this adventure of putting something together to leave a mark. From Wordnik.com. ['Survival Of The Spirit'] Reference
Other major American industries have undertaken calamitous consolidations to survive. From Wordnik.com. [And Then There Was One] Reference
This has been a massive enterprise undertaken with little planning and extreme arrogance. From Wordnik.com. [What We Should Do Now] Reference
"" A Way in the World '' is part of the postcolonial epic he has undertaken as his life's work. From Wordnik.com. [The Writer's Workshop] Reference
Likewise, the three attacks in Lahore were likely undertaken with the help of terrorists from Punjab. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan’s Second Front] Reference
Afghanistan is the most ambitious project that the international community will have ever undertaken. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Abandon Afghanistan] Reference
In this mode, a literal form of contemporaneous White House recording is undertaken by a second party. From Wordnik.com. [What Was Bill Thinking?] Reference
"It's very difficult for me to imagine that the raid was undertaken without a green light from the top," he added. From Wordnik.com. [Intimidating The Press?] Reference
However, enough analysis hasn't yet been undertaken to distinguish the reform effort from the liquidity hothouse effect. From Wordnik.com. [More Than Just Another Bubble] Reference
My hunch is that this is not very good politics either, even though it is undertaken in the name of political expediency. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting For Deliverance] Reference
But what struck Sukhdev and fellow researchers were the high ratios of return when conservation projects were undertaken. From Wordnik.com. [Environmental Economics] Reference
While giving armies what they want is not something to be undertaken lightly, in this case it may turn out to be no bad thing. From Wordnik.com. [A Launch For The Little Guy] Reference
As uranium ore is present in low concentrations, most uranium mining is volume intensive, and is undertaken as open-pit mining. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Globally Green] Reference
This was the piece which stated that the attacks were "undertaken as a consequence of specific American alliances and actions.". From Wordnik.com. [Books: Sontag's Last Stands] Reference
Scientific investigations, like tennis matches, are undertaken not because we know what the result will be, but because we don't. From Wordnik.com. [Out Where We Belong] Reference
Starting this week, the Social Security Administration launches what it calls "the largest customized mailing ever undertaken by a federal agency.". From Wordnik.com. [We Cannot Be 'Reassured'] Reference
The elaborate U.S. campaign to compel drug-crop growers abroad to give up their livelihoods is one of the most fatuous national efforts ever undertaken. From Wordnik.com. [It's Time To Open The Doors Of Our Prisons] Reference
Some Washington lawyers expressed surprise that Lindsey would play a role that is normally undertaken by hard-edged defense lawyers in a conspiracy case. From Wordnik.com. [Marching Into Battle] Reference
A group of computer scientists and chess experts had undertaken a challenge almost as old as the computer itself and succeeded after years of brilliant work. From Wordnik.com. [Garry Sings The Blues] Reference
What suppressed inflation was the brutal 1981-82 recession undertaken by Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and supported by the newly elected Ronald Reagan. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Foreboding] Reference
Indonesia has suffered several large-scale natural disasters like the 2004 tsunami, and we have undertaken reconstruction and rehabilitation in a very speedy way. From Wordnik.com. [More Than Freedom] Reference
As the Ottoman Empire declined, a policy of genocide was undertaken by Turkish leaders to exterminate the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek populations of Asia Minor and Thrace. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: A Global Health Crisis] Reference
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