Word: effort
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...will accept the nomination for President. I will make no effort to control any delegates. The people should decide. The candidate should be selected at primaries and convention as provided by law, and I sincerely trust that all Democrats will participate in them...
...first statement to the Riksdag (Parliament), the Cabinet declared that it "shares the wish that Finland should be assisted as much as possible, both materially and morally," but significantly added that it would "direct its effort to maintaining the independence and neutrality of Sweden." This was believed to mean that the Government would allow other countries to ship materials through Sweden, but would not itself supply arms or munitions...
...order to obtain reinstatement of the hospital on A. M. A.'s approved list. Dr. William Dick Cutter (who is the secretary of the A. M. A. Council on Medical Education and Hospitals) said recently in a published interview: "The appointment of Dr. Davison is evidently an effort to fulfill the recommendation of the American Medical Association and the citizen's committee. No action [on the hospital's rein statement] can be taken by the council until its meeting...
When the League met, up rose Sweden's delegate, Bosten Unden, to express a wish of his Government endorsed, he said, by Britain: even though good offices had so far collapsed like chunks of snow against Soviet steel, one more effort should be made to achieve peace by request. The League agreed. A special committee drafted a note inviting Russia to cease hostilities and let the League mediate. Richard Austen Butler, head of the British delegation, suggested that some limit must be set; accordingly a reply was requested within 24 hours...
Warden Smith and Deputy Meikrantz were proud of Prisoner Yun's lament.They themselves had inspired Yun to his effort, for they set great store by the lyric abilities of the Chinese. A few years back, a hatchetman inmate had composed an unforgettable Christmas carol entitled: I'd Rather Be in Pekin, Than in Here Peekin...