Word: effort
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...withholding cattle "to fatten their profits." But "the real blame," he cried, "lies at the door of the reckless group of selfish men who, in the hope of gaining political advantage, have encouraged sellers to gamble on the destruction of price control. . . . This same group has opposed every effort of this Administration to raise the standard of living and increase the opportunity for the common...
Snowed under by one of the hottest cross country team in the East, the Crimson harriers went down to defeat by Rhode Island State and Connecticut in their second effort of the season in Franklin Park yesterday afternoon...
This was the last major Jayvee offensive effort of the afternoon, as Wentworth twice marched into Harvard territory only to lose the ball on interceptions. A good coffin corner kick by Giby Warren late in the final period set up the safety, the Jayvees' fourth in three games. There was a bad pass from center to the Wentworth punter in the end zone, and center Bob Grady dropped the kicker for the final two-pointer...
Throughout the war the Merchant Marine was the least publicized of all major services contributing to the overall effort. With post-war birth of veterans' privileges, the question of who deserved what and why has exposed the Merchant Seamen to a sustained attack from old-line veterans' organizations and from the conservative press, which would use a drive against the unpopular maritime labor organizations as an opening wedge in a drive to discredit the advances of industrial unionism. Hanson Baldwin, naval expert of the New York Times, last week traced a whole epidemic of wartime sins to the activities...
...effort to bring together the scattered Class of '48, a Smoker for all Class members is currently being planned for an evening between the Yale game and the Christmas recess, Arthur C. McGill '48, chairman of the temporary class committee, announced last night after a preliminary meeting...