Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...current attempt of Midwestern Republican Congressmen to get Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson fired from his job, the G.O.P. is faced with 1) a scandal, 2) a dilemma, and 3) a challenge...
Circling Islands. Indonesia's rebellion is less a revolution against Sukarno than a last attempt to shock the self-intoxicated President into a state of sober reason, and a hope that the appeal for a new government may lead him to cleanse...
...politically powerful Editor Seltzer in a speech that was dutifully covered by another Vindicator staffer, Candidate Jackson puffed: "The public need not beware of newspapermen who are out in the open as candidates. Citizens can deal with them directly. How much worse it is for a press overlord to attempt to govern by pulling strings but taking none of the responsibility or the blame!" Added 74-year-old Frederick Maag Jr., publisher of the Democratic Vindicator: "Mr. Jackson is so well-equipped for public service that it would be a shame to deprive him of the right to take part...
...extremely sympathetic with a soloist. Last night's was Joel Sachs '61, this year's winner of the Pierian Sodality Concerto Contest. In its musical problems, the Fourth Concerto is one of the most difficult in the entire literature. Mr. Sachs was most successful when he did not attempt to do something unusual. His strongest asset is an exceptionally lovely and fluid tone, which was often ravishing in the closing Rondo. His passage-work, particularly in the last movement when it cleared up, sparkled, and the reading was modest, but very effective...
...varsity swimming team will face Yale this afternoon at New Haven, where, for the ninth consecutive year, it will attempt to move out of second place in the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League, and for the ninth consecutive year it will remain in second place. The Crimson simply does not have the team strength to defeat the Elis; in fact, the varsity will find it extremely difficult to win more than 19 points...