Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...feel if the British owned the Mississippi River." In fact, Americans had much the same attitude as contemporary Panamanians when the Spanish and French (not the British) controlled the Mississippi at the turn of the 19th century. In 1956 America supported Egyptian sovereignty and condemned the British and French attempt to recover the Suez Canal. The U.S. has had too much experience with double standards in dealing with the Communist world to indulge in the same practice...
Schmidt was more than ready to fight. He immediately ordered postwar Germany's biggest man hunt in an attempt to track down the murderers. Three million WANTED posters flooded the country, carrying the photos of the ten women and six men suspected of being connected with the Schleyer killing. These faces were splashed across newspaper front pages and broadcast by every TV station. The prime suspect was Friederike Krabbe, 27, who is believed to have ordered the industrialist's murder. Police vans, meanwhile, began cruising through cities, their loudspeakers blaring pleas for every citizen to aid in the search. Barricades...
Dukakis discussed the blue law bill after a taped interview with WHRB's "Cambridge Questions," which will be broadcast Sunday. During the interview, Dukakis endorsed the concept that government should attempt to guarantee a job to all adults...
Olivia brings us her unique, breathy rendition of every song on the album. This method is suitable for some tacks, but her seductive gasping seems out of place on most of the songs. Olivia's singing comes off as an attempt to arouse her prepubescent fans to a state of frenzy...
...song her publicists claim rocketed her to instant international success in 1973. Immediately we are exposed to her breathy style and the tedium of the whole presentation. Like most of her versions of rock standards, "If Not For You" has no depth--there is no attempt to enliven the tune with good bass or percussion...