Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With center Sue Hewitt putting on the pressure out front and quick Tamar Atinc waiting underneath to slip out and steal the ball, the Crimson zone forced continual MIT turnovers and shut off any attempt by the Engineers to work the ball inside...
...referendum was opposed by the Catholic Church and some junta members. Eduardo Frei Montalva, the Christian Democrat who was President from 1964 to 1970, broke a long silence to fight the referendum. He charged that the plebiscite was an attempt to confuse patriotism with support for the government, and refused to vote...
...attempt at understanding a different culture, it is vital to consciously suspend one's cultural biases. The arguments and cross-examination of St. Clair, whose previous clients include a disgraced former president, actively violated this standard throughout the trial. St. Clair deliberately and subtly appealed to the prejudices--cultural and racist--of the jury. In his opening statement, St. Clair specified cultural assimilation, especially Indian intermarriage with blacks and whites, as one example of the Indians' failure to comprise a tribe. The ploy was an insidious one--St. Clair skillfully appealed to whatever prejudices the jury may have entertained against...
...throw out all the theorems and can all the corollaries about what should happen when Harvard plays a hockey game, any game. Nothing mattered last night, and just about nothing worked, and the Harvard hockey team now has the rest of reading period and all exam time to attempt to swallow the bitter 14-5 trouncing it took last evening at the hands of the Bionic Huskies of Northeastern...
Barry Wald manned the Harvard nets in the third period in an attempt to shake up the Crimson's lethargic play. Harvard managed to partially shake their reading period malaise by out scoring Northeastern three goals to two in the final period...