Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lilienthal's picture was timely (TIME, Aug. 4), but your attempt to gild this pink lily was a flop. "He brought power to 700,000 users, through 140 cooperatives." Stalin approves the process used, and also believes in "strong government," like Lilienthal. This man is a bad mistake−he doesn't stand for sound economics, free enterprise or American fundamentals. . . . This man will hurry us down the same socialistic path England is descending...
...ourselves physically, mentally, financially and spiritually to her best development. She is now j> years of age and all facial Mongoloid characteristics have vanished. She runs about and plays like another child. Her laughter fills the house and her sense of humor gives us great joy. We make no attempt to urge her to "strive to keep up with others," for we know she is retarded in many ways. We compare her with no other normal child of her age; we are only delighted in self-progress and achievement...
...editors date these portrait covers from the one of the late, great Ignace Jan Paderewski on TIME'S Feb. 27, 1939, issue. That assignment was given to Artist Ernest Hamlin Baker by Editor Tasker in an attempt to get a more significant kind of cover for TIME. Hitherto we had used a few conventional paintings, some color photographs and an occasional black & white or two-color sketch, but the old reliable black & white photograph was our standby...
Renaud Savarit, a Law School student, was the first to gain the comp final by winning the opening heat. Bill Middendorf took the second trial so handily that he bears considerable watching today, and John Murphy was the man who nosed out Robinson in his second attempt...
...University-wide committee which they would organize, the assemblage compromised upon a three point resolution: (1) AVC is to continue to be the sponsor of its first forum (2) A committee chosen from those in attendance is to form another committee, composed of University and non-University groups to attempt to induce the Administration to permit use of the Yard for a Wallace rally (3) This sub-committee of the original group will help select the persons who will sit on the platform with Mr. Wallace...