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Word: attempted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some rivetingly good ones as well. A workman-like air prevails in the Leverett Old Library, as though the performers want to tell the audience. "We promised you nothing more than a collection of Jacques Brel songs, and here they are." There's a feebly executed but well-meaning attempt to create coffee-house atmosphere--the audience trades its ticket stubs during intermission for a cup of coffee and a croissant--but the floodlit cavernous Leverett dining hall offers little in the way of bohemian squalor or continental chic...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Black Sweaters, Black Humor | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

...admirable attempt...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Strange, Dear, But True, Dear | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

Even the 'Throp's use of the rare "free-kick rule" didn't help Stevens and co. Under the rule, any fair catch may be followed by a free kick, in this case an unsuccessful field goal attempt. "I haven't seen that rule invoked in 18 years," Referee Bait Newman said...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Eliot, Mather Yale-Bound | 11/7/1979 | See Source »

...long run, penalties beat the Winthrop squad. Their offsides infraction gave Eliot another chance following a missed field goal attempt from the nine. The penalty moved the ball to the four, and Fitzpatrick scored on the next play on a four yard sweep...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Eliot, Mather Yale-Bound | 11/7/1979 | See Source »

...back in town, and is asking consumers to boycott yet another brand name: Red Coach Lettuce. Why are the farm workers asking their friends to answer yet another call for support? "Because what began as a traditional economic dispute between labor and management has turned into another attempt by growers to crush the union." UFW President Cesar Chavez says. "Because agribusiness has not really accepted the idea of free collective bargaining. Because many growers still hope to destroy...

Author: By Julie Mondaca, | Title: Stop the Red Coach | 11/7/1979 | See Source »

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