Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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That afternoon when the Press announced that the U. S. had changed its oil export policy Secretary Ickes again found himself in an embarrassment. Hastily he rushed out an explanation of his explanation: "I now observe that [my] effort to clarify a previous misunderstanding has been itself misinterpreted in some quarters. ... I have no intimation ... of any change in the Government's policy...
Modest Miner. Such stories of ogreish engineers are part of the now far-advanced Soviet Press effort to sell speedups to Russian workers as something of which they should be proud, while still picturing speedups as wicked in Capitalist countries. Recently 3,000 Stakhanovites of both sexes, including Comrade Alexei Stakhanov himself, were feted in Moscow by the Dictatorship and Joseph Stalin. Reported the official Pravda, "Stalin spoke briefly for about an hour...
...race. In the last hour, with three teams tied in mileage, the pedaling became furious. Vopel went sprawling at the end of the fourth sprint, gamely remounted in seven minutes. Then he and Kilian put on the pressure. Throwing aside all caution, they zipped around the saucer, matching every effort of Letourner and his new partner Brocardo. Their daring won them 14 of the 27 final sprints, added 72 points to their total every time. Though tied in mileage (2,477 miles and seven laps) with two other pairs, Newcomers Vopel & Kilian had amassed 1,400 points, highest total since...
...details of a scheme of such proportions would naturally require care and much preparation. Although at first glance the difficulties in the way might appear numerous, the whole problem must be considered in the general light of this question--Will the result attained be worth the pains and effort spent in achieving the desired...
Their statement reads: "Resolved, That while recognizing the general advisability of an endowment policy, the Student Council feels that, although it may be advisable to reduce schedules to a minimum, every effort should be made to retain the Minor Sports on a formal basis...