Word: effort
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this reason the string section of the orchestra came off on top, despite some fine work by the clarinetist and a desperate effort on the oboe to handle the difficult trio. The orchestra's fortissimo proved accurate, and Holmes earned his recalls...
...effort to transform what Norman Thomas called "academic wondering" into concrete action, the Law School Forum devoted its third meeting Friday evening in New Lecture Hall to a discussion of "Full Employment in a Free Society...
...Chinese people are engaged in an effort which should command the grateful cooperation of the entire world. It is an effort almost without precedent. Their leaders are making daily progress toward the settlement . . . of deep-seated and bitter conflicts which have lasted for 20 years . . . . They are succeeding in . . . ending hostilities . . . and are now engaged in the business of demobilizing vast military forces and integrating the remainder into a national army. They have agreed to the basic principles for the achievement in China of political and economic advances which were centuries coming to Western democracies...
George Marshall paused, puckered his brow intently, continued with even more deliberation: "If we are to have peace-if the world wants peace, there are compelling reasons why China's present effort must succeed. This depends in a large measure on actions of other nations. If China is ignored, or if there is scheming to thwart her present aspirations, her effort will fail...
Despite emphasis upon accommodating veterans in the University, every effort will be made to accept a "respectable number" of non-veteran Freshmen coming directly from high schools next fall, Richard M. Gummere '07, chairman of the Committee on Admissions, said yesterday...