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Word: attempt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this attempt to end the relationship between the colleges could not succeed. To be sure, many alternatives to the Big Three approach to Harvard athletics were proposed...

Author: By Sedgwick W. Green, | Title: Lampoon Nearly Ended Tiger Rivalry | 11/5/1948 | See Source »

...speakers are Peter Joralemon, Nathaniel Kidder, and Clyde Mitchell, all graduate students. They will discuss the situation from the point of view of geology, agriculture, and population, each speaker taking one of the aspects. With his as a basis, they will attempt to formulate intelligence conclusions on the problem as a whole...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Malthus Essay Is Topic for Forum | 11/4/1948 | See Source »

Jackson came out fighting for the second stanza, but scientific fieldwork by the 'Cliffe team thwarted every scoring attempt by the other squad. Pat Hughes '49 led the backfield in several brilliant plays...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Hockey Team Shuts Out Jackson, 1-0 | 11/4/1948 | See Source »

John U. Monro '34, Counsellor for Veterans, cautioned last night that anyone who receives one of the blank checks should not attempt to fill in the amount--even if he thinks he knows what it is--since any alteration of the sum would entail a heavy penalty from Uncle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Machine Mails Veterans 500 Blank Checks | 11/2/1948 | See Source »

...teapot tempest? One nervous Delhi churchman said: "It is a symptom of a subtle attempt to put Mahatma Gandhi-for whom, mind you, I have the greatest respect-on the same pedestal as our Lord Jesus Christ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Forbidden Song | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

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