Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with another political satire that appeared in another election year, "Of Thee I Sing." Some of the same people are involved, too, but neither scriptwriter Charles MacArthur nor director George S. Kaufman has been able to inject spontaneity or hearty comedy into the new movie, which is a meager effort in a field loaded with opportunities for spoofing...
Even more important, every effort should be made to keep as many rooms as possible in the lower price ranges, even if those willing to pay for superior rooms must pay more than their pro-rata share. The College has an obligation to the marginal student, for whom any rise in expenses is a serious blow, and may rightfully ask those students who are in less stringent financial conditions to bear a greater share of the load...
...hearing that lasted less than half an hour, Hanns made no effort to challenge Government charges that he had joined the German Communist Party in 1926 and that he had entered the U.S. illegally in 1941. Would Hanns be deported without benefit of further musical honors? Said a non-lyrical immigration officer: "By the time of the concert, it is quite possible...
...precipitate a shower of letters and telegrams on Congress, and to set off simultaneous rallies in a number of other colleges. It will be something of a miracle if the Committee can accomplish this program on an important enough scale. But it is a miracle well worth a major effort to achieve, both on the part of the Committee itself, and on the part of the entire community...
This is Lockridge's first effort, and his six years of labor have produced a gigantic and complicated penetration into The American Myth, enmeshed in a tome which numbers 1066 pages and three explanatory charts that piece out a momentous Fourth of July in an Indiana small town...