Word: attempts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...inference is that the only other way is to kill it with clubs and guns. But Mr. Carver doesn't advocate that, for he says "If . . . the principles of peace triumph, civilization will advance." He means, of course, that we have done well to give up our attempt to smash a new system of government with guns; we should try the methods of peace and understanding, that we may not drift "toward another Dark...
...seems to me a particularly dangerous and unwise time for a man in Mr. Laski's somewhat authoritative position to attempt to justify the desertion of their duty by the officers of the law. NORMAN H. WHITE...
...petition in Oregon making unlawful after January first the sale, use or possession of Cigarettes. A woman superintendent of schools in Kansas has announced: "I will O. K. the appointment of no teacher using tobacco" For the present, the W. C. T. U. States that it will make no attempt to outlaw tobacco in the regions where it is grown, but will confine its work to outlying parts of the country. Such as Oregon, where the society will not meet the opposition of the cultivators of the plant. But, unfortunately, an organization of this sort is like the weed...
...government towards paternalism gives rise to the query, "Is there any limit to the control of government over private affairs?' The only reasonable answer is that control has gone far enough already. However, much opinions may differ on the prohibition amendment, the mass of people will raise against any attempt to curb the use of tobacco. That prehensile-nosed organization, the W. C. T. U. will meddle in other people's business once too often; and the heckled, down-trodden proletariat will, with starting abruptness, proceed to clean house. The disembodied a spirit of the W. C. T. U. floating...
Five rows in front of Section 33, the University's cheering section in the Stadium, will be regularly reserved for the Band and Glee Clubs. Hereafter they will lead the singing, in an attempt to instill more "pep" into...