Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...administration post at first but changed his mind when Nixon sweetened the OEO job with status and responsibility. Also figuring in Rumsfeld's change of heart was his cramped position in the House. Rumsfeld had made a powerful enemy in Illinois' Les Arends by joining an unsuccessful attempt to replace Arends as Republican whip. In apparent retribution, the leadership denied Rumsfeld his preference in committee assignments and seemingly cut him off from advancement in the House hierarchy. Apparently, Rumsfeld was blocked...
...decorative art- aside from his own ornamentation- that he proposed for his buildings; even his architectural renderings have an Oriental look. The ukiyo-e "intrigued me and taught me much," he once said. "A Japanese may tell you what he knows in a single drawing, but never will he attempt to tell you all he knows. He is content to lay stress upon a simple element, insignificant enough perhaps, until he has handled it; then the slight means employed touch the soul of the subject so surely that while less would have failed of the intended effect, more would have...
...immigrant junk dealer, St. Louis-born Wolfson rose to prominence during the '50s by expanding Merritt-Chapman & Scott, a heavy-construction company, into shipbuilding, paint making and chemicals as an early conglomerate. His unsuccessful attempt in 1955 to win control of Montgomery Ward won him a reputation as a controversial corporate raider. Later he managed to become the largest stockholder in American Motors Corp., which was then headed by George Romney, now Secretary of Housing and Urban Development...
...others, Calkins and his cooperation were not enough. When the anti-ROTC campaign began early this fall, several leaflets accused the Corporation of "appointing 'lawyer' Calkins in a sham attempt to make the board look more 'liberal...
Bill Russell now leads his brood to Los Angeles for the fifth game on Thursday. The clubs will return to Boston for a game Saturday night, which for the Celtics, will either sew up the championship or be an attempt to hang...