Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Shirer, that he was being replaced on his Sunday news program. Shirer, charging that he was being "gagged" because of his liberal views, has brought a most serious accusation before the nation. If his statement may be accepted as true, his case is the latest in the postwar attempt to mould American public opinion into a safe right-of-center form...
...attempt to obtain the best possible scenic design for the production, Theodore Allegretti '47, president of the Club, announced that he would hold a competition to pick the best set. "Anyone desiring to submit an entry," said Allegretti, "should contact me at Eliot...
Before the war, the show was traditionally a hairy-leg, rah-rah college revue. This year's production is the first attempt at a straight musical-comedy production, with words, music, and lyrics written entirely by undergraduates...
...origin. However, the failure of moral embargoes in wordly affairs should teach us to implement moral opposition with every instrument available. Although the United Ministry cannot endorse the right of any student to patronize night clubs, we are very willing to join with all other groups in an attempt to close down the Club 100. As we see it, at least three issues are involved in the Club 100 controversy, and although the first is the primary point of student concern, the other two issues provide the means of enforcing public opinion...
Therapeutics. Then the clinic is ready to attempt a cure. Students put their fingers lightly on their lips or throat, often discover with surprise that they are reading "out loud" (which slows them up). Readers who shy away from new or long words get a dictionary to strengthen their "word attack": vocabulary, spelling, "phonics" (tying sounds to letters...