Word: attempter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...DOSTOEVSKY opens up new worlds: the regions he explores were previously unknown to literature. And he creates Upheaval." With these words Mr. Julius Meief-Graefe commences the latest biography of one of the great trilogy of Russian writers, perhaps even, if one may attempt to set foot upon the odious road of comparisons, the greatest of the group which put a new literature before the world: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev. Tolstoy and Turgenev painted upon what might be called a variation of the Western canvas, with new colors; Dostoevsky created a new easel and a new technique. It is the difference...
...Meier-Graefe's book, to be exact, is not a biography in the classic sense of the word. To put the matter generally, it is the attempt of an astute and typically German mind to understand and to some extent lay bare a notice and typically Russian mind. And the attempt is singularly successful. From the very nature of the works with which he has to deal, a mere investigation and discussion of what may be called the facts of the novels--their construction, their action, even their dramatic quality--however painstaking and exact it might be, would...
...first semi-final debate, a divorce case involving desertion, will be argued by the Edward Warren and James Bryce Clubs on November 23. The second, a case involving an attempt to stop payment on a check given for a gambling debt, will be treated by the Pollock Choate and Cardoza Clubs the following night. Both trials will be held in Langden Hall at 7 o'clock in the evening; the winners in each case to compete in the Competition finals later this year...
Unobtrusively, Junior Stinnes left the prison, went to Berlin's smartest Esplanade Hotel (owned by the Hugo Stinnes Corp.), journeyed thence to his home at Mulheim in the Ruhr valley. His trial for attempt to defraud the German Government (TIME, Sept. 24) will probably not take place until next year...
...there had been rumblings in 1924. At that time, International Paper made an ill-prepared attempt to oust the well-entrenched Middle West Supply Co. Stockholder Taylor had retired from active management. International paper's bid, while some 15% lower than the previous contract price, was about 5% higher than the bid of Middle West Supply. International Paper bided its time, waited...