Word: attempted
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...well known that Murdoch had ambitions to enlarge his empire: at the same time he was maneuvering with Dorothy Schiff, former owner of The New York Post, for control of that paper, he was engaged in an abortive attempt to buy the London Sunday Observer--which subsequently was sold to Atlantic-Richfield for one dollar, mostly to keep it out of Murdoch's hands. He also made a similarly unsuccessful attempt to purchase the ailing Washington Star. It thus came as no great surprise when Murdoch bought the tabloid Post from 73-year-old publisher Schiff last November...
...abroad by the device of under-invoicing exports and over-invoicing imports; the excess amounts were then deposited in bank accounts abroad. But when it seemed that the Communists might make major gains in last June's elections, Switzerland was awash in a flood of lire. In an attempt to crack down on foreign accounts, Guardia officials were reportedly posted outside Swiss banks to take down the license numbers of Italian motorists making deposits...
...meeting last night, members of groups supporting Affirmative Action called government proposals to revise Affirmative Action laws an attempt to "hack them to death...
...many diverse arguments in mind, it seems appropriate now to come to a decision and to take steps to resolve some of the issues at hand. To fail to do so is to allow what has been recognized as a patchwork system to continue indefinitely, and to attempt indefinitely to meet core problems with piecemeal solutions...
With all this in mind, we can characterize Saturday's win as one grand masquerade by the Crimson hockey team. They cunningly used the television cameras in an attempt to convince all of New England that they are the class of the ECAC and that no ice challenge is too great for them. And the funny thing is that the masquerade worked, and will hopefully keep working, up and through the NCAA finals come April. Thanks a lot Leon, you sports prophet...