Word: attempt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...than characteristic, "king of the Sword", "Believe in Me", and "What-ever It Is, I've Got It" are near-exceptions rendered with unction by Walter Woolf, Helen Gilliland and Lupino. The book is an in-and outer. A line drawn from the best of the gags--"Familiarity breeds attempt"--would bisect a line from the worst, which is something about horse and hoarse, somewhere near "Do you believe in the hereafter?.... Well,that's what I'm here after...
...rush of tickets, no attempt was made last night to count the applications sent in yesterday...
Next came Putnam's pretty 40 yard toss into the waiting arms of Burns who was standing in the end zone. These plays were a marked improvement in the matter of forward passes, and seem to indicate that the coaches are attempting to develop an effective aerial attack. Putnam's third attempt for extra point was perfect, making the score...
...Harvard's problem will be to stabilize its offensive game and to match its defense against the Dartmouth aerial attack. The Green will attempt to run the ball but if the Harvard line holds it will resort to the passing game. In order for the Crimson to win it will have to show a vast improvement over the showing which if made against the Army tosses last Saturday...
...first touchdown was made by Waldron Post '31, in the middle of the first period, on a forward pass over the goal line. The attempt at kick failed. The 1931 team clearly outplayed their rivals in all departments of the game...