Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...obsessive need to beat out Pauling. He furthermore creates the distinct impression that he and Francis Crick are scientifically inferior to Pauling--that they are fighting an uphill battle against an acknowledged champion. At one point, they realize that some problems in ionic bonding are crucial roadblocks to their attempt to solve the structure...
...part, of course, the members of the administration were right. A few of the people in Paine Hall were offering an ultimatum. They believe that a university like the society around it is entirely an organization of conflicting power groups. It is foolish, they say, to attempt to reason with the opposition power bloc. That would be "vainly to attempt to appeal to 'the conscience' of the ruling class." Instead one simply pits the power of one's own bloc against the power of theirs. If your power is greater you will win "concessions" to your "demands...
...there's anything worse than a girl who's a tease, it's a girl who's a tease, but hasn't got the goods to deliver. Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer fits very definitely into the latter category. In his attempt to salvage theatre from the sentimentality of his day, Goldsmith dipped enthusiastically into the grab bag of Restoration drama. Unfortunately, all his hand touched upon was an endless array of frenetic entrances and exits. Aside from a few minor characters, his players still must wander about with an air of frustrated gentility. All that excitement...
...embitter an already desperate situation that a peace settlement might become impossible and a new war likely. To avoid such a showdown, Washington may be forced to reconsider its official policy of leaving the Israelis and Arabs to settle their own affairs and join with the Russians in an attempt to impose a peace settlement. The Administration already feels that Israel's discussions of various plans for settling occupied territories is a diplomatic blunder, reinforcing Arab claims that Israel is bent on expansion and likely to bring on irresistible popular demands for war. Israel has reacted angrily...
...course the change hasn't occurred. The hope of reaching racial harmony soon is probably less than it was ten years ago. Baldwin, the integrationist, has passed out of fashion, though he makes a belated attempt in his latest novel to catch the times...