Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...University changed a long-standing policy of offering unemployment benefits to University workers during the three-month summer lay off period. Instead, the University began to offer its employees temporary jobs to tide them over the summer months. On the surface, this change might appear like a generous attempt to offer workers full summer salaries instead of the lesser unemployment benefits...
...have to be extremely cautious not to give people the impression that we are on the brink of a solution, but I do believe this year will give us an opportunity for another attempt to establish a just and durable peace...
This was one attempt to explain how blacks could be strong and cohesive and yet still be slaves...
Cantor yesterday described this policy as "compensatory hour shifting" and an attempt to "strike a balance" between the necessity to "get the work done" and the safety of employees...
...wife's interests and needs differed from her husband's, she should sacrifice them. It was soon apparent that Dudevant, who liked to hunt, drink and sleep, had little in common with his intellectual bride. Initially Sand tried to be the perfect and obedient young wife and mother. The attempt did not last. She soon began to question why she, rather than her "master," was required to suppress what was of personal importance...