Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Democratic attempt to send the bill back for rehearing was bowled over (231-to-166) while Minority Leader Sam Rayburn cried: "Everybody knows this figure [$6 billion] was picked out of the air." Everyone also knew that any legislative ceiling on expenditures was just a wishful hope and no more than a moral obligation, once the appropriation bills started coming...
...Cities; Universal-International), a rare attempt to use the screen for poetic tragedy, is the story of the last eight hours in the life of an Irish revolutionist named Johnny McQueen (James Mason). Robbing a Belfast factory for party funds, Johnny unwittingly kills a man and is himself gravely wounded. In confusion and terror, his comrades abandon him. By nightfall one of the most extensive man hunts in movie history is in full swing. So is an elaborate screen allegory...
...their fifth meet of the season, the Crimson fencers will attempt to slash Cornell from the ranks of the unbeaten at 2 o'clock today in the Indoor Athletic Buildings, while the Yardlings travel to Andover in quest of their fifth victory in six starts...
...album is the first attempt in the recording field by the band that the New Yorker termed "the best in the East." The albums will be on sale at the Union and the Graduate dining halls starting today, as well as at the Houses...
...major obstacles, lack of rehearsal space and the unavailability of a choir, have suddenly confronted the Veterans' Theater Workshop in its attempt to produce George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan...