Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Immediately detective departments were put to work in an effort to trace the criminal through recovery of art objects as they were sold. Through various channels, the University said last night, it had found only a dog's head and a crocodile...
...Meanwhile, Sir Samuel Hoare and French Premier Pierre Laval were privately engaged on a deal to condone Italy's seizure of Ethiopia. The Hoare-Laval "Deal" leaked into the news a few days before its makers were ready to present it to the public as a high-minded effort to make peace on the basis of joint Anglo-French-Italian "carrying of Civilization to the barbarians of Ethiopia." It made such an ugly scandal that Mr. Baldwin had to take it all back in the House of Commons; Sir Samuel Hoare sat with tears trickling down his cheeks...
None of the other times were startling. Saving himself for his triumphant effort in the 440, Kendall coasted to an easy victory in the 220-yard free style with a time of 2:23.6. His team-mates seem to have taken advantage of weak opposition in order to relax a bit. Add to this their lack of acquaintance with a 20-yard pool, and the clockings, a bit slow for the Crimson mermen, are not surprising...
N.C.A.A.'s purpose was indeed to produce prints of educational value, and a number of its prints are worthwhile reproductions. In an effort to give representative selection of painters some pictures were included which apparently could not be reproduced with artistic fidelity by this particular process in its present stage; others whose reproduction required a meticulousness not feasible in the circumstances. Not cheap is the paper used but of good quality, chosen after tests to find the best paper for the purpose...
...Rubens, who seemed in good health with only normal prison pallor, said finally in reply to Charge d'Affaires Henderson that there was nothing the U. S. Embassy could do to make her more comfortable or assist her. "Thank you," she concluded, "I need no help." In an effort to explain why U. S. Citizen Rubens refused help against the Secret Police who have got her in jail, Walter Duranty cabled: "I know the system. It is not hypnotism but the establishment of a moral ascendancy. If that is not clear ask a psychoanalyst...