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Word: attempting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...college. Such an attitude would be preposterous and absurd. To modify our position and put it in a more concrete form, we wanted to make the point that in these times three years of college are sufficient for any man, and, as a possible corollary, that every undergraduate should, attempt to complete his academic course in that time so as to be prepared to serve the sooner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "DISCRETION THE BETTER PART OF VALOR" | 5/3/1918 | See Source »

...Crimson aggregation outhit the visitors but was unable to connect in pinches. Only one earned run was scored during the contest, the other two being pushed across when the University left fielder failed to catch an easy fly and then threw over Gammack's head in an attempt to catch the runner at the plate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PORTLAND SAILORS WON FROM UNIVERSITY, 3 TO 0 | 5/2/1918 | See Source »

...folly, to attack, but now it is clear that they can be attacked and damaged with comparative ease. The men who urged this raid will now be the men who control the situation, and we can rest assured that they will not allow this to be the only attempt to nip the submarine menace at its base. The British lion once aroused will not cease his hunting until the prey is caught...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ZEEBRUGGE RAID | 4/26/1918 | See Source »

...first University and Freshman crews in their final practice on the Charles yesterday rowed upstream against one of the strongest winds of the season. A fast stroke was kept for the greater part of the way, but no attempt was made to force the pace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OARSMEN LEAVE FOR PRINCETON | 4/25/1918 | See Source »

Being the instigator and chief promoter of this insidious attempt to divert the columns of the CRIMSON to a meaningless and purposeless discussion of education, I suppose it is now my office to make some sort of apology for its brief and miserable life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Closing the Subject. | 4/4/1918 | See Source »

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