Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tehran University soccer stadium by disgruntled leftist groups that want a bigger voice in the post-Shah government than they have so far been allowed. Under the banner of the Marxist fedayeen, an overflow crowd of 60,000 shouted "Down with U.S. imperialism!" and other slogans. In a feeble attempt at rhetorical counterattack, a few hundred supporters of Bazargan and Ayatullah Khomeini charged in chanting "Islam is protecting you. Islam has saved Iran...
...afield a convention's amendments ran. It is true that the 1787 convention tossed its agenda aside and offered an entirely new constitution; the states ratified it then because of the apparent weakness of the old Articles. Today there is no widespread sentiment for drastic constitutional revision, and any attempt to try it would be laughed out of the state legislatures...
...during winter, when severe weather locks the mountain in ice and snow, but solo-hiking is illegal. Baxter State Park winter regulations ban parties of fewer than four people from camping or climbing anywhere above the treeline. However, despite the rules, groups of one, two or three campers often attempt the climb. Last winter, rangers apprehended a pair of climbers; two weekends ago they caught Eugene B. (Gus) Yates...
...Museum of Comparative Zoology library will undergo extensive renovations this summer in an attempt to increase security and make library services more efficient, Eva S. Jonas, director of the library, said yesterday...
...Hackett will win the 500-yd. freestyle, but the question will be whether Crimson freshman ace Tim Maximoff can hold off Princeton's freestylers for second. Harvard's Mike Coglin and Malcolm Cooper will be favored in the 200-yd. IM and 50-yd. freestyle, respectively, before the Tigers attempt to defend its crown in the medley relay...