Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mood inconsistent. Because Simon is re-creating, even exorcising, a personal anguish, he fails to balance pathos and humor as skillfully as he might have. In the second act, when the marriage begins to show signs of strain, an affair between Leo and Faye abruptly surfaces in an obvious attempt to give the play a little comic relief. This humorous interlude begins promisingly: Leo's attempts to calm the skittish Faye and disentangle her from a toga-style bed-sheet provide the most hysterical moments in Chapter Two. But this farcical scene turns solemn, too. Faye admits she doesn...
Navy's Mark Heinrich will defend his titles in both the backstrokes, Dartmouth's Kent Whitaker and Todd Taylor will attempt to repeat as kings of the 100-yd. breast stroke and 200-yd. individual medley, respectively, and Yale's Mark Devore will take on the field in the 100-yd. butterfly. Cornell's Paul Steck will seek his third consecutive one-meter diving crown...
...look to the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II) to restore some order and direction in its foreign policy. The treaty, whose final details are being hammered out in Geneva this month, has emerged as the centerpiece of U.S. foreign policy. The U.S. has groped at straws in an attempt to create a stable world order since World War II: John Foster Dulles tried brinkmanship, Presidents Kennedy and Johnson foundered in Vietnam, and Henry Kissinger sought a vague and cynical "stable structure of peace." So far, Jimmy Carter's conception of foreign policy has been elusive and inconsistent: he first...
...Green quickly opened up a commanding lead, and held a 20-4 advantage with 11:29 remaining before intermission. Fleming had recorded the initial Crimson basket, pumping one in from long-range to knot the score at 2-2. But the careless Crimson did not even attempt another shot for five minutes...
...symbolically represented by a group of students on the steps of University Hall, reading a list of demands. Second, it may function as an inside pressure group. Symbolically, this approach is realized when some of the students on the steps walk inside, sit down with University administrators, and attempt to effect change through discussion and compromise...