Word: attempt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...vote of 38 to 30 Senator Norris got inserted in the resolution a sentence ordering: "The committee shall also investigate the appointments of members of said commission and report to the Senate whether any attempt has been made to influence the official action of members of said commission by any official of the government or other person or persons, and if so, what were the means or methods so used...
...christening ceremony the engines on the larger plane were started for the first time since they left Wright factory. They responded to the starter with a rataplan of cylinder explosions that soon mellowed into a roar. The mechanics said they were satisfied. Captain Wilkins announced he would not attempt any more ambitious tests, such as taxiing across the field, until the crowd had dispersed...
...ruling, a team shall be penalized five yards for failure to complete a second or third pass in any series of four downs before a first down is made. In other words, no penalty shall be attached to an incomplete pass, provided that it is the first attempt before a first down is made. But if the team in possession of the ball is guilty of a second incompleted pass, it shall be penalized five yards. Another penalty of the same number of yards will be imposed in the event that the team attempts a pass on the third down...
...with the opinion of the CRIMSON in the matter. Though well able to cooperate with the Advocate in financing the bankrupt publication, the CRIMSON fears that any such move will but add to Lampie's already over heavy lead of debts. And it is against sound business principles to attempt the financially impossible. Yet there is no reason why some attempt should not made to restore to Harvard her fountain of folly. Therefore, any attempt to create a successor will receive all possible assistance from the CRIMSON and no doubt from the Advocate as well...
...Clivedon-Banks; Miss Ediss as Mrs. Midget, romanticist atheist--they do not quite approach reality. The one is too boisterously appreciative of the buffoonery in her part; the other is too tautly expressive of the emotive possibilities of hers. Yet it is but fair to admit that they are attempt-a tremendous undertaking. This "painted ship upon a painted ocean.' is not easy to hang on Boston walls. And they do try to adjust it to the setting, to make it comprehensible...