Word: attempts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is no variation of critical opinion concerning the St. Matthew Passion. "The deepest expression of devotional feeling that the art of music affords," is the description which critics attempt to elaborate. Lawrence Gilman, able critic of the N. Y. Herald-Tribune, mentioned "pages of sorrowful, solacing tenderness, with their transported beauty, their touching devoutness, their measureless humanity...
Robinson: "... I think Franklin K. Lane bore a very high reputation . . . but Senators on the other side of the Chamber have not hesitated to go down into the tomb for Republicans who have passed away. . . . Democrats attempt to smear oil all over dead Republicans. But if we merely mention a man who perchance happens to be a Democrat, then something is wrong...
Gang Angle. Bootleg gangsters hold Senator Deneen responsible for a recent attempt at Prohibition enforcement, in which raids were staged on eleven cabarets that considered themselves immune from such treatment. That may have inspired the bombing as well as the assassination of "Diamond Joe" Esposito, gangster, Deneen henchman of the 25th ward, flashy hero of Chicago's Little Italy. Fortnight ago, "Diamond Joe" stood on a corner, five doors from his home, when an automobile drove up to the curb. There was a rat-tat-tat and the automobile drove away, leaving 58 slugs in the body of "Diamond...
...play, good defensive tactics were shown by both teams, but successful offensive plays were few. The first touchdown for the Army was scored when W. R. Harper '30 intercepted a forward pass from J. W. Potter '30 in the first period and raced 40 yards for a touchdown. The attempt of T. W. Gilligan '31 at goal after the touchdown was blocked...
...usual plan is for a team of three or four men to go out together over a week-end. During this time they take charge of meetings, give talks, and attempt to meet as many people as possible. All expenses are paid, and accommodations provided by the place visited...