Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Perhaps I need something to explain why I can't concentrate on any source book readings for an extended period of time. Whenever lectures run longer than the allotted fifty minutes, I lose the rest of it. Are we slowly being conditioned by Harvard, in its attempt to make us world leaders, to accept nothing longer than an hour...
...Grade B action movie, complete with slogan-chanting terrorists representing a dark foreign power. Nelson begins his analysis by describing a statue of Constantine that in his view predicted the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Sultan. To mirror the prophecy of Constantine, Nelson launches into his own sophomoric attempt to identify for us the "...threats and enemies of freedom...our enemies." Naturally, despite the fragmented complexity of international relations, Nelson flawlessly leads us to one grand, hegemonic enemy lurking in the shadows, just waiting to assume the mantle shed by communism: "...The finger should still be pointed due east...
...Dole's attempt to include language tolerant of abortion in the Republican platform and Clinton's socially conservative statements regarding a national curfew for minors exemplify the ongoing battle for the moderate voter among Democrats and Republicans. Both parties promise a balanced budget and tax reductions, although neither party has devised a feasible way to do this without increasing the national debt...
Robert R. Porter '00 criticized the lack of general election information distributed to the public and suggested that the council attempt to educate more first-years on the role of the council...
Whiteside moved on to study theater improvisation and performed with troupes in Boston. According to Whiteside, however, the biggest achievement of his life came when he toured with the Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus as a clown in "The Greatest Show on Earth." "Snappy Crayons" is Whiteside's first attempt at choreographing a dance/theater production...