Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chief failure of the play, however, was in the individual performances. The general run achieved a wooden mediocrity which broke the back of any attempt to maintain the professional illusion which has characterized recent HDC and other local efforts. Others were more objectionable: Walter Frank completely misplayed Joxer, making him a large and boisterous knave instead of the small, whining rogue he is; and Robert Lubchansky was oily to an unpleasant extreme as Bentham...
...functional rather than merely honorifle. Commission III (Educational Opportunities and Discrimination) might adopt the suggestion for a national employment counseling service to beat the "closed shop" dilemma confronting many men and women of minority race or religion in professional and other fields. Commission IV (Educational Standards and Curricula) should attempt to gain united student support for increased faculty salaries. Commission V (International Student Cooperation) faces a full agenda with world student exchange, foreign relief work and rehabilitation projects as well as the more obvious matter of helping to orient students from abroad. The number of such specific questions with which...
...good or ill, the Senate had made up its mind. Firmly, it voted down the attempt of Colorado's Edwin C. Johnson to eliminate military aid. Then, 41 days after President Truman's challenge, the Senate approved the Truman Doctrine...
Faced by an alarming obstacle in their attempt to dethrone the Whiffenpoofs from the mythical harmony throne of the East, twelve husky-treated undergraduates yesterday sent out an appeal for someone to name their new singing group...
...ride, giving an excellent picture of a single-minded bush rider. "The Overlanders" admirably combines simple historical fact with a feasible amount of action to become one of the few examples of a vivid and unprocessed documentary film. The only annoying moment during the picture is the indignant attempt of the Boston Censors to seratch out Mr. Rafferty's one chance to say "damn...