Word: effort
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said Hull: "The melancholy importance of Governor Dewey's statement is that it is only the latest of many statements in which extravagant claims for credit have been made for achievements which were the fruit of joint and patriotic effort by members of both political parties...
...common effort to keep humanity from rolling off the plateau over a precipice, said Sir Oliver: "You may rest secure that Britain will not fail you and in the back of the mind of every Briton there is firm and steadfast belief that you will not fail...
...which is subjected to all the knitted brows, quivering nostrils, tossed locks-and tantrumacious bad manners-that cinemaddicts have learned to recognize as signs of artistic genius. The Red Shoes is such a spotty piece of movie craftsmanship that it is hard to believe that it is a major effort by Britain's crack moviemaking team, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (Colonel Blimp, I Know Where I'm Going...
...Bock's answer seconded the committee's idea that an effort should be made for students to see the same doctor each time they come to the cinic...
Reports from Hanover yesterday indicated that the Indians' main effort of the day would occur shortly before game time. The exact nature of this coup is a well-kept secret, but it is understood that it will be engineered by members of The Jack O' Lantern, Dartmouth's humor magazine, with the financial backing of the Daily Dartmouth...