Word: attempted
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...that was approved over the strong objection of the Agency for International Development. According to Elko, AID officials' misgivings were silenced when Elko suggested that the agency's appropriation might otherwise be "stymied" by Flood in Congress. But the agency did manage to block Elko's attempt to put one of Flood's friends, Bahamian Lawyer F. Nigel Bowe, in charge of the project...
...project will be HIID's first attempt at a "purely public health program," Eddison said. In the past the institute has primarily provided economic advice to developing countries. More recently, the HIID expanded its assistance to include limited agricultural development in kenya and rural development in the Sudan...
...Nicaraguan Military commander who fought for the ouster of U.S. Marines from the country in the 1930s. But in recent weeks and months, scores of businessmen, "legal" political groups, journalists, and of course the overwhelming mass of poor Nicaraguans have joined forces with the Sandinistas in an overt attempt to topple the again dictator...
...crucial question, then, is whether the idea of liberal arts has the power to transform the educational system, or whether the Core proposal is just an anachronistic attempt to resurrect a dead ideal. Proponents of the Core are fighting the educational trends of the last 30 years. It seems that the undertaking will be enormous, and the Core proposal represents only a small step along the way to a liberal education...
Daniel Petrie, the director, keeps The Betsy on its lugubrious, though hardly lubricated, course; the solemnity of his touch earned unintentional laughs even from the audience I saw the film with, an unsophisticated bunch who wanted porn instead of corn. Petrie didn't even attempt to endow the cars with a mystical beauty that would explain the attraction and passion of men like Loren Hardeman Sr. Instead he gives us so many walks with beautiful girls in clothes that look like they're going to swish off against the beautiful scenery. At least John Barry's score has an attractive...