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Word: attempt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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John H. Carnahan '50, chairman of the Student Council Freshman Affairs Committee, asserted last night that, "an attempt will be made to surpass all previous smoker gaiety," but added that he felt "this is a difficult standard to beat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stars and Bars Will Sparkle Through Freshman Smoker | 12/3/1947 | See Source »

Although the group of educators is called the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the unanimous vote indicates a sentiment that primarily stems from the schools, and only partly and hesitantly from the colleges. The denounced ruling is irritating solely to secondary schools in their attempt to place students in colleges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Take Your Choice | 12/3/1947 | See Source »

...letters on the issue that it formed a special committee, with Dean Henry S. Dyer as chairman, to study the problem last spring. This committee reached no satisfactory solution, but Dyer has not dropped the issue, and is currently sending a questionnaire to schools throughout the nation in an attempt to discover the exact effect of the choice-system. He will report to the College Examination Board in the spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Take Your Choice | 12/3/1947 | See Source »

...previous attempt to establish a rest home in this area failed because of lack of facilities. Leopoldskron, providing an ideal situation, was made available to the rest home project by the Seminar for use in winter months...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Salzburg Site Will Be Used As Rest Home | 12/2/1947 | See Source »

...know very well that there is no simple solution to this problem. But I can neither understand nor excuse a Government which is too timid or befuddled to attempt a solution. . . . Even 75 to 100 million dollars in the present bill before the Congress for emergency aid to China would change the entire situation psychologically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: We Are Bankrupt | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

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