But they suggested that their efforts would not proceed on a particularly fast track.
Recent efforts to reform the military and to create a uniform pension system are proceeding.
In later years the regulatory effort would proceed with more subtlety.
"The effort did not proceed the way it should have."
The company's effort to present a fresh face to privacy advocates is proceeding well, at least initially.
But after some initial violence, campaign rallies and organizing efforts are now proceeding smoothly.
"We want both efforts to proceed without one interfering with the other."
The administration's effort to withhold pictures is proceeding along several fronts.
Meanwhile efforts to slow and combat aging are proceeding on many other fronts.
Upstream at Oppenheim, however, the effort did not proceed so casually.