Word: attempter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bratton in his letter to you has the temerity to attempt to speak for every "man that ever held a commission in the A. E. F." and the effrontery to speak insultingly of a man of whom General John J. Pershing recently said: "No man was ever faced with a greater problem than our War Secretary in 1917. . . . He met the situation with great courage, with great intelligence. ... I think I may say that no Secretary of War in American history ever realized the relationship which should exist between the Secretary of War and the Commanding General so completely...
...Schafer: A bill (H. R. 6,098) to disclose interest of and to regulate lobbyists who attempt to procure the passage or defeat of any measure before the Congress of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary...
...ever ridden in Manhattan. Necessarily slow hours of daytime and early morning riding were followed by wildest maelstroms every evening. Nearly every team in the ride led at one time or another. The winners were once five laps behind. The stunning swirl of darting, stumbling, riders that follows every attempt at a stolen lap was virtually continuous through the evening-hours when the crowd is thickest. 360 laps were stolen by the teams in six days; the old record...
...after all aren't these attempts to bring American college machine to Robot-perfection too mechanistic and grubby? Unless treated as a professional school, college should attempt to do little more than awaken an interest in other people's grooves. In the mad rush for marks, details, for true-false examinations, authoritative quotations and the like, no one seems to lift his eyes above the Library spire. College should be sipped and enjoyed as a liqueur and not gulped down as rot-gut gin for pure animal excitation...
...Whouley finding the usual names of the various eating establishments entirely inappropriate for his combination lunch and sandwich shop is offering this prize in an attempt to get a name suitable for such a place as his will...