Word: effort
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...trying effort to associate those seedy bloated faces with the . . . Kings and Prophets of Israel...
...custom, the vanquished leaders, Fitzgerald and Curley, met Ely to congratulate him on a public platform in Worcester. When it came time for Curley to speak, he rose and presented Ely with a check for $1000 --"to show my sincerity in the effort to elect Mr. Ely." The press the next day went wild, praising Curley for his magnanimity; but Mr. Ely was less enthused. The check had been made payable to the Boston City Committee --to be used by the mayor and not by Mr. Ely for getting out the Boston vote...
...discontinuing trolley traffic between Central Square and Harvard Square, City Engineer Edgar Davis and state engineers decided that any attempt to salvage the track would be wasted effort. Davis explains that the roadbed is fortunately low along Massachusetts Avenue, and for that reason two and one-half inches of tar can be applied directly on top of the track. Rather than harming the paving job, the track, instead, adds strength to the roadbed. Work will continue today and probably tomorrow, with traffic limited on Plympton, Dunster, Holyoke, and Lindon streets, and Massachusetts Avenue during most of the remaining construction...
...most interesting thing about the whole student movement is that so large a group as this should revolt against the general tenor of student apathy and put on such a determined effort to elect any single candidate. And the headquarters on Washington Street is an active place showing the signs of a political group that means to win; most of the previous student organizations in city polities have been relatively listless...
...effort to create a scoring punch Guyda has even moved two halfbacks to the front line, while taking Captain Win Knowlton away from the right outside slot, a position from which he had scored earlier this year. This leaves a weak space on the wing but by moving Knowlton to Baker's old spot Coach Guyda hopes he can steady down his wavering offense by moving a consistent, heady ball player to the center of the action...