Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Tiger five, smarting after two last minute defeats in the Eastern Intercollegiate League competition, will attempt to climb out of the League basement against the Crimson quintet...
Driving to secure a majority among maids and maintenance men, in an attempt to force University recognition of their unit, A. F. of L. officials of the Building Service Union will stage a giant rally in Cypress Hall tonight...
...justice to the University it must be said that a conscious effort has been made to eliminate "the stresses and strains of living" to which Dr. Bock attributes much of the illness treated by his department. Every attempt has been made to relieve the undergraduate from financial worry, although many of these services are not fully appreciated. In addition to an increasing effort to provide scholarships for deserving students, excellent work has been done by the Placement Bureau and the Student Employment Office in finding jobs for men during and after college, and this service has been supplemented by loans...
...writing The Origin of the Family. Meanwhile, Morgan settled in Rochester, N. Y., married a cousin, became a director in railway & mining companies and piled up $100,000 before he died in 1881. He was elected State senator in 1867, but his legislative career was notable only for his attempt to block an investigation of the gigantic Erie Railroad swindle...
...being solely due to specific infections agents or even to age alone. The role played by the stresses and strains of living in the initiation of various types, of acute and chronic illness is difficult of analysis, but it is nevertheless a factor in the lives of all who attempt to meet their responsibilities...