The school 'makes every effort' [=the school does all that it can] 'to help' new students become adjusted to college life.
His novel's surprise ending is not really convincing, but we'll give him 'an A for effort'.
He wanted to contribute in some way to the 'war effort'. [=to the effort to win the war]
(..) - to any questions. I'm getting a lot of questions about the First Lady's involvement. We stick to our message that she was just there to assist. Secretary Durant led the effort. There's multiple reports that she and Petrov had a long meeting. They greeted each other. That's it. So we deny? (..)2016 TvShow: House of Cards Title: Chapter 45 Season: 4 Episode 6