Word: attempter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...beyond reasonable doubt that most professors lean over backward to return books promptly for which there has been any demand, it is nevertheless true that some instructors in the University have built up tremendous aggregations of library books in their own private quarters, and that they frown on any attempt of undergraduates to wrest away these treasures...
...tilt came in the second-half. Puritan's fullback Ed Hindle started things with a 70-yard quick kick. Lowell called on Arnie Litt to punt the pigskin out of danger, but the Winthrop line, led by right end Baumgarten and left tackle Cole, broke through and blocked the attempt, with Colo recovering and running 20 yards for the score. A pass for the extra point failed...
Isolation, "Theoretically, it is possible for an individual to lead a hermit existence, and for a family or a community to segregate itself and attempt to live solely within and unto itself. But in the end, an inexorable price must be paid for such isolation; and directly or indirectly, that price is always paid by the individual...
Play Wizard Abbott has had uncommon success in the last few years pulling rabbits out of shabby theatrical hats and then turning them into ermine. Angel Island is the first produced playwriting attempt of Mrs. Howard Angus, wife of a Manhattan advertising executive. She is a frequent writer of magazine thrillers, but her chief avocation is etching, which she studied under Joseph Pennell. Mrs. Angus has called herself Bernie (short for Bernadine ) since she began to write for magazines. She believed editors were more receptive to male manuscripts. Satisfied with Angel Island, pleased that Hollywood...
...Neutrality Now" will be the topic of Libby's address. Representing one of the groups which accuse President Roosevelt of failure to enforce the Neutrality Act, he will attempt to refute the President's Chicago speech...