Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Announced in early September, the change reflects a desire on the part of the Administration to see an older, more experienced man as Master of Dudley House in an attempt to see it reach the stature of an eighth House...
Mechanically, the production is weak. The attempt to make Matisoff look bald makes him look like a victim of skull-fracture. The lights flicker at odd moments. The producers did not bother to procure a little boy for the messenger role. Happily enough, the almost dadaist spirit of the play accommodates any number of lapses like these, as long as the actors are as convincing as the current group...
...Student Council will go outside the College to solicit financial backing for its recently proposed trust fund, Marc E. Leland '59, Council president, said last night. There had previously been some speculation that the Council would attempt to obtain the financial support of the Faculty, but the funds involved in such a venture would be too large for the University, in its present expansion program, to supply...
Miss Miller said she had waited for a stream of cars, but did not see the bicycle when she started the left turn. When she noticed it, she stopped the car in time to prevent a collision, but not before Miss Rawle had skidded in an attempt to stop...
Former editor of the London Economist, Lady Jackson will attempt to define some of the consequences of systematic aid under the grant. Her case studies of several countries will include technological assistance programs sponsored by international agencies as well as by the highly developed nations, the Carnegie Corporation reported...