Word: attempt
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...coach Harvey Love's undefeated heavyweights, this was the first Henley competition since 1950, when the Crimson made its third successful attempt to take the Grand. The previous victories were in 1914 and 1939. Stroked by sophomore Perry Boyden, the heavies had already enjoyed an excellent season, climaxed by edging out Syracuse for the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges title in May and thrashing Yale at New London on June 13. On the few occasions during the season when they were called on for maximum effort, the heavies repeatedly demonstrated their great potential. On one occasion in early May they...
...Indians threatened again in the last two minutes of the game when they recovered another fumble on the Harvard 40. With Nyhan calling defensive signals, however, the team tightened and held. Dartmouth tried a last-ditch field goal attempt that fell short by two or three feet...
With almost 100 members marching in 1930 it was first possible to attempt the now familiar formations. With the spelling of H-A-R-V-A-R-D and V-E-R-I-T-A-S on the gridiron that year, the Band started its practice of weekly half-time shows. Among the first clarinetists in that group was G. Wright Briggs '31, who has directed the Band since 1953. Anderson, though an alumnus in the thirties, continued to work with the Band by directing and arranging...
...Band's biggest shows was in the Tercentary Celebration in 1936, in its first attempt to branch out beyond playing at sports events. On a beautiful starlit night the musicians sailed down the Charles past cheering crowds and played Anderson's "Tercentenaria...
...unfortunately de Gaulle is not dealing with moderate, reasonable people. The majority in France is apathetic and inert, and the majority in Algeria is untutored and incapable of expressing its wishes. So the President must attempt to put his case across on the one side to the F.L.N. rebels and on the other to the Army and the colons of Algiers. The F.L.N. is irrevocably dedicated to complete independence and has carried on a campaign of extermination against its moderate Moslem enemies both in Algeria and in metropolitan France. Soldiers like Massu and extremists like Delbecque are reluctant to give...