Word: endeavored
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Wily Turk. Throughout the war years, Menemencioglu has been guilty only of being pro-Turkish. To that endeavor, he brought his father's knowledge of politics, the burning patriotism of his grandfather, Namik Kemal...
Cooperative Endeavor. "In candor," writes Lasch, "redress cannot be expected from a revival of competition. The clock does not turn back. Having survived one era of jungle warfare, and facing now a new kind of rivalry in radio, the newspapers will not tolerate a further division of the spoils. And save for a few venturesome souls, the prospective rewards are unlikely to attract new enterprisers...
...whose passion for the general welfare overcomes his desire to impose his own ideas upon the community. . . . Such ownership would develop new methods of management. It would exploit and thereby stimulate the professional instincts of the working staff. . . . Good management would operate the newspaper as the cooperative endeavor it must...
...Almighty God: our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness to their faith. . . . The enemy . . . may hurl back our forces. But we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace . . . our sons will triumph...
Madam Curie, the quiet yet dramatic story of the foremost woman scientist of our time, is now playing at the U.T. The theme of the picture is the discovery of radium by the Curies, an epic story of human persistence and scientific endeavor. Cast in the leads are Greer Garso and Walter Pidgeon, both of whom play their parts expertly with a degree of sureness and restraint not often seen in these days of B pictures. The supporting parts are also well cast. In particular, Dame May Whity, giving a good characterization of Pierre Curie's mother...