Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Taine believed that many of the troubles which confronted France in the nineteenth century were due to the attempts made to import from England ideas and practices which had no root in the traditions of the country. This was even more true of other countries, which were far less prepared for the liberal regime than France. The force of example was so strong, however, that in almost all countries of Europe the power of the absolute monarchy was broken and constitutional systems were instituted before 1914. Two of the most notable examples were Russia and Turkey. It is quite conceivable...
...Metropolitan. "The Doctor's Secret," is definitely above the average of such productions. The story, founded upon a play by Sir James Barrie, gives Ruth Chatterton the opportunity to turn in one of the best performances of the year. As the wife who is frustrated in an attempt to escape from an unhappy married life, she succeeds in presenting a vivid and subtle characterization. The plot is simple but furnishes the able cast with a very interesting problem in domestic ethics...
...virtually all owned by the University. The advisability of acquiring the rest, in view of the construction of the new Houses, is evident. The CRIMSON has previously pointed out the objections to further construction of dormitories on the river front east of McKinlock. The Council report "deplores any attempt to build houses beyond McKinlock Hall on the river front." With these considerations in mind, the locality most favorable for the new houses is plainly that confined within the proposed boundaries of the second Yard. "A comprehensive plan of development" for this area is the plea of the Student Council...
...Flight in the face of maternity?that divine maternity that, together with some brief physical suffering, gives the loftiest and deepest joys of life?is as culpable as the desertion of soldiers in the face of the enemy, as the attempt of the taxpayer to escape the payment of taxes...
...sits on the porch steps and Vincent Jones, taxi-driving son of the Second Floor Joneses, slides over beside her. '' . . . Say, sweetie, I'll give you two bucks if you'll let me snap your garter." He is overheard by Sammy Kaplan, who loves Rose. Kaplan makes a feeble attempt to attack Jones, but Vincent is far too strong, easily spins Sammy to the ground. Mrs. Jones appears. "Now Vincent, you mustn't do that...