Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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LUSAKA, Zambia--Rhodesian commandos disguised as Zambian troops attacked the home of black guerrilla leader Joshua Nkomo in a predawn raid yesterday. Nkomo, who escaped unharmed, called the attack a kidnap attempt...
...first, attempt to dock with a space station was aborted in 1971 without any explanation. The next manned mission, Soyuz 11, put three men aboard the space station Salyut 1. But the cosmonauts were killed on their return to earth when their cabin lost its pressurization...
...more general level, deButts thinks CEOs are useful because of their moderation. "We don't just oppose everything," he says. "We attempt to find ways to negotiate a position both sides can live with." Through the Business Roundtable, the CEOs worked out the administration's current national health plan which makes the plan's implementation dependent on the progress of the economy. DeButts also mentions the consumer protection bill, and the labor law reform act as areas that the CEOs tried to modify. In both of the latter, however, their efforts at moderation failed, and the business community at large...
...mediators said they will not attempt to settle the dispute between the university and its striking librarians and clerical workers, who have voted not to return to work until B.U. recognizes their unions...
...distant origin. Samuel Parrish, one of the founders of Shinnecock Golf Club in Southampton, Long Island wrote: "One winter's day in the '90s Major Morton and myself went over to Lake Agawam to hit a few balls around on the ice. The Major suggested that I make an attempt to break all records for driving a golf ball. We selected a suitable spot and I managed to hit a good one which, with a strong wind, carried to the ice and, once on the smooth surface, slid across the lake and landed in a snow bank on the other...