Word: avail
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...newly formed "La Follette for President" Club. Challenged by that organization to disclose its list of members so as to enable the reported revolt in its ranks to take place, it has done so and for five days the Democrats in their turn challenge the La Follette Club to avail themselves of the opportunity thus presented to draw the Democratic Club members to their own "Progressive" battle standard...
...Fund for the treatment of children in Brockton, and also the Brockton Hospital. Less than two months ago he was overtaken by what was described as "a pernicious ailment." He went to the Peter Bent-Brigham Hospital in Boston, where he was operated on twice-to no avail. Last week he died. He left a widow, two living daughters, two half sisters, three half brothers, six grandchildren, a nephew, a niece...
...drew himself up to his full tennis height, rallied stoutly, squelched the last but one obstacle to a fifth consecutive title. In the finals, Big Bill removed this last obstacle, game though it was, in straight sets; 6-1, 9-7, 6-2. Little Bill struggled valiantly-to no avail...
...Professor George Herbert Palmer of Harvard. Her friends were amazed, felt that her marriage would be an unsupportable loss to Wellesley, suggested many means of enabling her to continue her great work, pointed out that Professor Palmer might resign from Harvard, take up residence at Wellesley?all to no avail. The couple were married and disappeared into an obscure honeymoon bicycling in England and France...
...British and French noblemen who owned Confederate bonds appointed a committee of four trustees who subsequently tried to obtain some money upon their clients' investments, but without avail...