Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...July 20 attempt failed for just as unpredictable reasons. The bomb exploded as planned (it was of the same type as the airplane bomb, timed not by telltale clockwork but by the action of acid on a taut wire). Also as planned, Hitler was in the room. At the moment of the explosion he was leaning on the map table under which the bomb had been planted. A few seconds before, however, someone had slightly shifted Stauffenberg's briefcase, so that, instead of lying practically at Hitler's feet, it lay behind a table leg. The day, moreover...
...Freshman nine, rained out of its last scheduled game with Governor Dummer, meets Boston Latin School, while the Jayvee nine, which lost its only previous start to the Yardlings, will attempt to get off on the right foot against Newton Junior College...
...Varsity lacrosse team will attempt its first hurdle in the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse League race tomorrow afternoon when it vies with Dartmouth's Indians in the old redskin game on the Business School Field...
Specifically aimed at halting the spread of printed propaganda and the swift distribution of liquid encouragement to voters, the curt regulation draws too fine a line between distasteful electioneering and the honest efforts of candidates to get their ideas before the student body. In their attempt to keep election campaigns within reasonable bounds, the Committee faces the possibility of smothering all attempts at popularizing elections. Freshmen forced to rely on the dope sheets posted in the Union will find their knowledge of the candidates inadequate for intelligent voting. If the Council expects to capitalize on the current interest in extra...
Election campaigns are of unquestionable value and should not be discouraged by an overzealous attempt to even the financial gap between students. Instead of arbitrarily outlawing the expenditure of any money for election purposes, the Council might well institute a basic maximum of five dollars per candidate. By allowing aspirants the means to publish mimeographed statements of intent, the Committee can maintain its policy of forbidding unfair ballyhoo and still uphold one of the most vital factors for the continued renaissance of student activity...