Word: attempt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Assistant to the President James R. Reynolds said yesterday that the University would attempt to get the remaining $13.5 million "by a selective approach to a thousand men, mostly alumni...
...final attempt to avoid actual trial, the Corporation also filed a statement that claims the information submitted by the Friends, whether accepted in full or in part, represents insufficient grounds for suit...
Disarmament is the most important problem waiting to be solved on the international scene, and steps toward it can be taken without first eliminating political crises like Berlin. It is all very well to attempt to cut off possible conflict by removing causes of disagreement, but it is equally useful to prevent war by removing its instruments from the hands of potential adversaries. The possible sincerity of Khrushchev's proposals makes the forthcoming negotiation a precious opportunity to achieve a meaningful international settlement in the essential disarmament field...
...crews believe that "he sold himself to the devil in Zanzibar, and can divine water, spot gold, explode a cartridge in your pocket with a glance of his eye, and see the truth hidden in the heart of men." Made up with a white beard in a wretchedly unsuccessful attempt to look like G.B.S., "Mr. Evans' Captain," as A. E. Watts acutely notices in the Traveler, "is a cute old rascal who encourages some people in thinking he is whoopsy...
...woeful misconception of Shotover and Hector throws the play irretrievably out of focus, converting it into an unsuccessful attempt at mild country-house comedy. Alan Webb, Sorrell Booke, and Patrick Horgan are excellent in roles that can be played like refugees from Noel Coward; but Shaw had incomparably greater things in mind...