Word: endeavors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pity that the vaporings of an uninformed mind should be dignified by the majesty of print; but since this has occurred in the mail of Tuesday's CRIMSON, it is fitting that that gentleman should have been given the opportunity of enlightening himself, and that this letter should endeavor to correct out erroneous impression gathered by the readers of yesterday's CRIMSON...
...would deliver some public addresses in its favor. I replied that, while I could not appropriately do that, I would gladly contribute the proceeds of honorariums which might be received for speaking engagements which he would secure to discuss international topics. He then asked if he could endeavor to secure such engagements through special notices in the newspapers. I agreed with the provision that my name must not be used and left to him the proper wording. When I saw the advertisement, I remonstrated as he can confirm and I insisted that in all correspondence he point out that...
...carefully, quietly with the fundamentals and definitions of his subject. ("A short sale is nothing but a contract to deliver stock in the future.") He quoted the historic decision of the Supreme Court of the U. S., written by Liberal Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1905: "People will endeavor to forecast the future and to make agreements according to their prophecy. Speculation of this kind by competent men is the self-adjustment of society to the probable. . . . This court has upheld sales of stock for future delivery...
Last week in a talk to the university and freshman track candidates, Dr. Kennedy referred to the undergraduates at Princeton as "smoothies", asserting that successful athletics depend upon the desire of the undergraduates to sacrifice soft living, and devote their efforts toward athletic endeavor. The current "smoothie" complex he holds directly responsible for "Princeton's disgraceful sports record of the past few years...
...famed merchants' war came into the open last year when Gimbel Bros, through large advertisements, attacked the veracity of any statement about their being undersold. Last week a similar war flared up. Macy's advertisements bore the footnote : "It is Macy's policy to endeavor to undersell, by at least 6%, the marked prices of all its competitors who do not sell exclusively for cash. We are not infallible. Others may, on occasion, sell merchandise at prices lower than we do. But only until we find...