Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...William Hinton, author of Fanshen, a book about agricultural reform in revolutionary China, told a receptive audience, "We will not survive unless we have a strong revolutionary movement." Orville Schell, a newly elected co-ordinator of CCAS from Berkeley, told the press that the group came together in an "attempt to wed scholarship with politics and action...
Still trying to figures out what went wrong last weekend, Harvard's varsity baseball team will attempt to get back on the winning track at 3 p.m. this afternoon at Soldiers' Field in an important Greater Boston League game against M.I.T...
...stole the building, since they could not move it anywhere, and I don't think they captured it for reasons of defense because it was of little use to them. It was fairly uncomfortable; it had no beds and no very good facilities for cooking. Also, they did not attempt to hold it in very forceful way when the other people tried to get it back with the help of police. We are also told that the students trespassed on private property, even before closing time. That seems to mean that the university can decide at will when...
...ever suggest making sure that the speaker from "Keep Harvard Open" be "as dumb as he can be" nor was I even aware until Mr. Kutik's article that a representative of the Corporation intended to speak. As for my alleged use of "scare tactics", I believe that the attempt to awaken the agenda committee to the possible dangers of not providing spaces for pro-strike groups was intended not to "scare" the committee but to present a point a point of view concerning the possible repercussions of an unbalanced agenda...
YOUR BASIC Vonnegut book shows you what cause and effect are like through the example of someone's attempt to live. This one, Slaughter-house-Five, is more of an illustrated essay. It's more painful and less mystifying complex than, say, The Sirens of Titan. But that's because we're not supposed to be out for good times this trip; that's the way it goes. Here's part of what we find on this time...