Word: failed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...more than content at his defeat. It would, they thought, make him examine his plans more carefully, lay out his legislative programs with more caution and most important, might prevent him from deciding lightly to run for a third term-a move which, successful or not, could hardly fail to cause a furor as perilous as that over the Court Bill. ¶ Much water has flowed under Brooklyn Bridge since that day five years ago when James J. Walker threw...
With regard to your article "Kudos" [TIME, June 28]: you fail to mention the fact that at the June 7 Commencement ceremony celebrating the soth anniversary of Occidental College, located in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, the college's greatest literary son, Robinson Jeffers, '05, was awarded an honorary Litt.D. Born the same year as Occidental (1887), Jeffers took his B.A. there at the age of 18. He also studied medicine at the University of Southern California, forestry at the University of Washington and literature at the University of Zurich. Occidental's is the only honorary degree...
There is a tide in the affairs of men, and last week Franklin Roosevelt might well have thought it had set against him. Senator Robinson's sudden death was followed by the threat that his whole Court Plan might fail (see p. 10). A new fight over the majority leadership of the Senate impended, a fight in which it was likewise touch & go whether the President could have his way (see p. 12). On top of these things, the Lehman letter was a serious blow...
...civic workers and Chambers of Commerce in more than 200 cities the Johnstown committee telegraphed: '"[We] desire to know if your community or group will send representatives to an organization meeting at a time and place to be decided for launching a national movement. Loyal Americans will not fail...
...expression on Jaja's face when she faced Dorothy Round, who had outsteadied Mme Mathieu 6-4, 6-0 in the semifinals, made it unthinkable that she would fail to rise to this historic opportunity. Truer to feminine tennis tradition than to her somewhat unfeminine exterior, Jaja did the unthinkable. The match, as ragged a women's final as Wimbledon had seen since the War, proceeded as though each contestant, far below her best form, were trying to give points to the other. When it finally ended, Dorothy Round, champion in 1934, was champion again...