Word: attempt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...attempt on the part of labor to seize control of the government by force. The question of bad faith on the part of government operators or labor leaders is only the apparent issue in what seems to be developing into a struggle for mastery between the labor leaders and the Government. All England is rapidly developing into two camps, the Trade Union group and the Parliamentary group. Unless some compromise can be arranged the question will arise whether England is to be governed by Parliament or by the Trade Union Congress. That issue depends upon the outcome of the strike...
...pleasant thing to enter any joust, especially since the radio and the press make of every salute a mighty warery But when there are so many other activities in which to attempt the spectacular, it is rather unfortunate that the fall guy, college football, must be worried from his vernal sleep...
...British Lion, declared dissolved the union of Norway and Sweden (1814-1905) and elected as king of Norway, Carl of Denmark, who promptly took the favorite name of the long extinct Norwegian Royal House, Haakon. Sweden, pondering well the power of father-in-law Edward VII, made no serious attempt to block the secession of Norway. Thus Haakon has been called the "chief strategic asset of his people...
...Thomas presumably rotates in his sepulchre during a lively scene wherein the Virgin Queen's bailiffs attempt to arrest Jack, knock him senseless, and are then set upon by Kate with such vigor that she is eventually overpowered in a state described as "mother naked...
...Cooperative Movement, which is making rapid progress in the western agricultural states of this country, is an attempt to eliminate the middle men's profits by direct selling and buying from producer to ultimate consumer. This system has been particularly successful in the dairy business...