Word: attempter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...political situation in China is not particularly difficult to understand, if one will have the patience to grasp a few facts concerning the history, the size, the huge population, the traditions, the culture, the philosophy, and the pschology of China, and will have the wisdom not to attempt to follow the details of day-to-day developments, as reported concerning persons and places...
...thing is certain! No matter what are the prevailing differences between France and the United States, ... a way to satisfy both countries will inevitably be found. . . ." Unable to attend the official luncheon of welcome, former Ambassador to the U. S. Jules Jusserand sent a message: "Should the President attempt to remove Mr. Herrick from the Paris post, treaties or no, France will declare war on the United States forthwith." Laughter...
...force of a legend is the story of how blunt General Groener dared to tell Wilhelm II., in the last days of the war, that the Emperor ought to go in person into the battle areas and either rally his troops for a last effort or die in the attempt, "fighting as would become Your Majesty...
Whether any advantages have been derived from the abandonment of the English model, however, is a question which Dean Pound does not attempt to answer. He points out that in taking an independent course we have lost any benefit which might accrue from judicial experience, judicial empiricism, and independent courts. This is preferable, however, to undergoing that strong reaction which invariably follows on the heels of judicial depotism. A few dominating figures on the bench might illustrate very well the advantages of a strong independent judge but, after their passing comes lax criminal law, in the throes of which, according...
Molnar is as wise as he is witty: he makes no attempt to placate any other section of the country besides the one which best appreciates his wares. For every dramatist there is but one wonder in the world and that wonder is the same as Molnar's. Who cares, theatrically speaking, about those wastes outside of the metropolis? And why should a visiting playwright penetrate further into America than is necessary for his business? If he is accepted by the chief Rialto he will be accepted by the hundred imitations...