Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...students, the first of its kind given anywhere, "showed that, while incoming undergraduates had a lot of reading power, they still had a lot to learn about using it," he stated. The test, which presented a history passage to be read and assimilated under normal study conditions, was an attempt to assess flexibility and concentration...
...undefeated varsity squash team will attempt to stretch its record to 5-0 this afternoon when it meets Williams at 4 p.m. on the Hemenway Courts. Captain Charlie Hamm will have the task of facing the Ephmen's experienced number one man in what promises to be the most exciting match of the afternoon...
Seven minutes later Benjamin Alexandrov scored on a typical Russian power play; then just before the end of the period Guryshev took a pass from Priazhnikov and when Pratt came out of the cage to attempt a block, Guryshev skated around him to score...
...Britain, but has become so attached to his work that he walks around Sikkimese style in a gleaming, embroidered bakkhu with a Great Dane said by the Sikkimese to be a reincarnation of Albert Einstein. The dewan considers his main task to be "the Sikkimization" of Sikkim-the attempt to preserve Sikkim's culture and identity from too much Tibetan or Chinese influence. The Indians are also pushing a $7,000,000 seven-year plan to modernize Sikkim's covered-wagon transport, build schools and roads...
...Must Die (French). A powerful Jules Dassin (Rififi) version of The Greek Passion, Novelist Nikos Kazantzakis' attempt to show how the life of Christ coincides with the lives of all men in a condition of continuous Calvary...