Word: endeavored
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Henry Wallace's thirteen stormy years in the Government. Wallace penned a short note. "Dear Harry," he wrote. "As you requested, here is my resignation. I shall continue to fight for peace. I am sure that you approve and will join me in this great endeavor...
Despite a record of sincere endeavor, it is obvious there are grave weaknesses in this system of rule by fiat. A workable solution must be created to take the place of this phantom-like government. It is part of the job of the men selected by the House meetings this week to draw up a constitution that will embody enough popular control to bring the Student Council out of the 19th century. And the first essential of this control lies in ratification of the constitution by the entire student body, lest future Student Councils find themselves in the unenviable position...
Despite a record of sincere endeavor, it is obvious there are grave weaknesses in this system of rule by flat. A workable solution must be created to take the place of this phantom-government. It is part of the job of the men selected by the House meetings this week to draw up a constitution that will embody enough popular control to bring the Student Council out of the 19th century. And the first essential of this control lies in ratification of the constitution by the entire student body, lest future Student Councils find themselves in the unenviable position...
...massacre of Jews (TIME, July 15), last week washed his hands of the matter. After deploring the pogrom, he said: "The fact that this condition [anti-Jewish violence] is deteriorating, is to a great degree due to Jews who today occupy leading positions in Poland's Government and endeavor to introduce a governmental structure which the majority of the people do not desire. This is a harmful game, as it creates dangerous tensions. In the fatal battle of weapons ... it is to be regretted that some Jews lose their lives, but a disproportionately large number of Poles also lose...
Cheers & Boos. The next act in the show was the drive to the Casa Rosada, between blue & white striped Argentine flags springing from Buenos Aires' handsome, grey stone buildings. The packed throngs, who saw Perón as a modern knight in the shining armor of socialistic endeavor, shouted "Perón! Perón!" again and again. The diplomats, too, got cheers -except Yanqui George S. Messersmith, who got boos and whistles. (Foreign Minister Juan Atilio Bramuglia next day called at the U.S. Embassy to apologize for his countrymen...