Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fiction, House Divided is often contrived and melodramatic. As history, it is the war dimly seen through a haze of corruption, mismanagement, profiteering, draft-dodging, mint juleps and delusions of grandeur. Tedious as that is, readers can hardly fail to be impressed by the author's epic attempt to disinter the whole Confederacy. Says one character: "The Lord is on our side, but in consequence of pressing engagements elsewhere He could not attend at Fisher's Creek, Winchester, and Atlanta." If the Lord could not attend, history-grubbing Author Williams could, after a fashion...
...convention hall's one real moment of excitement followed the spontaneous burst of cheering with which General Dwight D. Eisenhower was hailed. But when Kansas delegates thronged forward in an attempt to set off an Eisenhower-for-President boom, National Commander Paul Griffith waved them back. The ovation ended after only 30 seconds, and with it the theory that the convention would play a major part in presidential politics. (Presidential Aspirant Harold Stassen, a delegate to the convention, got a thunderous ovation when he spoke in behalf of the "Marshall approach...
...British occupation authorities had sponsored the exhibition in an attempt to build up an export trade for their combined zones, called Bizonia. A breakdown of orders placed by the 1,500 foreign visitors showed 20% for automobiles and accessories. Only 20% went for toys, musical instruments and other small industry products...
After Manolete was gored last July, some of the crowds began to turn from their idol towards Dominguin. Last week, at Linares, after watching Dominguín. perform brilliantly, Manolete made a supreme attempt to show his mastery...
...triangle measuring several hundred feet to a side. By comparing the records of the three instruments he can measure the waves, and tell what direction they come from. His next step will be a larger triangle flanked by other instruments hundreds of miles from St. Louis. This attempt to match the atmospheric vibrations to changes in the weather may produce a new and valuable method of weather forecasting (the Navy has bet its $25,000 on the possibility that it will). Father Macelwane, though hopeful, is as cautious about his work as any other scientist: "We don't know...