Word: endeavor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Daniel A. Poling, president of the Christian Endeavor. Reason: "Righteousness and sobriety...
...Rubenstein, who was recently employed by the Polish Government to appraise a shipment of onetime Tsarist diamonds sent for sale in Poland by the Soviet Government. Perhaps it was that service which secured for M. Rubenstein a private cell and communication with his lawyer, although the Polish prosecutor will endeavor to show that he is the head of an international ring of diamond smugglers. Reports that none of the swallowers were suffering more than a minor gripe, caused physicians to recall that sizable nuts & bolts, small spoons and open safety pins are not infrequently swallowed without fatality...
...almost Catilinian figure who, by some mysterious and influential energy, succeeded in making use of the most miscellaneous collection of backers that any nominee could have. Able political writers, well aware of this, are equally amazed at Good's adroit handling of a difficult endeavor. Wrote a thoughtful correspondent to the New York...
...formal conclusion of the University's academic and cultural year; tomorrow witnesses the informal climax to Harvard's 1927-1928 athletic and social calendar. Today all eyes are upon the 1884 men who, with sombre intellectual mien, accept the University's tribute to their various degrees of scholastic endeavor. Tomorrow the stage and scenery undergo a metamorphosis, and all eyes shift to the Thames, teeming with color, and focus upon the eight men on whom depend coveted victory or bitter defeat. With one tremendous overnight sweep the pendulum swings from the sobriety of the Commencement exercises to the frivolous whirl...
...constant endeavor since taking office has been to establish order and morality in my Administration. I believe that I have complied with that purpose by having suppressed with an iron hand such crimes as that now in question immediately upon discovering them. I will continue that line of conduct until I leave office...