Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...happen to know the personnel of the group which you dub "An A. M. A.-inspired citizens' committee." This attempt to slur a group of distinguished, public-spirited Chicagoans reflects only discredit upon the source of your news...
...without any attempt at classification: "Wind, Sand and Stars," by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, is an exciting selection of reminiscences from the life of a great flier. The author's "Night Flight" will be remembered as a splendid short novel, dealing with aviation. . . "I Believe", edited and with an introduction by Clifton Fadiman. Mr. Fadiman has collected a series of personal credos from various minds of our time, ranging from H. K. Mencken to Bertrand Russell. . . . And John Sloan's "Gist of Art" is a provocative discussion of the theory and practice of art by an American painter of unquestionable...
...economy which the Student Council Committee on Board may recommend would calf for more student waiters. Unlike the Union, the Houses have never employed many students in the dining halls; for the University felt that they would interfere with the attempt to create a clubby House atmosphere...
With neither side playing at its usual game pitch, the score was hardly indicative of the Crimson's strength. Coach Clark Hodder played almost all of his substitutes in an attempt to whip his lines into shape before the B.U. encounter Tuesday evening...
...after 10 o'clock when the instructions of delegates in regard to policy came up. Perlman read and argued for the following resolution: "Resolved. That the Harvard Student Union condemns the Russian aggression against Finland, and at the same time condemns those who would use this incident in an attempt to drag us into...