Word: attempted
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...good students of politics know, it's not the numbers which matter but the public's perception of the numbers. And it seems now as though the Kennedy School, in its attempt to divert attention from the political successes of one of its former lecturers, has adopted a "new direction" that is nothing but a cloak with which to disguise the fact...
Together, the studios involved produce 70 percent of all entertainment programming on prime-time network television. This combined effort marks perhaps the first attempt by this industry to use their influence with the public in such a manner...
Senior Stephen Hall has drawn goalkeeping duties, and will attempt to extend his two-game shutout streak...
Imagine the political disaster if someone had the courage to say, "This country is in an inevitable decline as a political and economic power. Neither I nor my opponent can stop the process, but I will acknowledge it and attempt to cope." Quicker than you can say "malaise," that candidate would drop twenty points in the polls...
Kennedy was the first Catholic; Dukakis is the first ethnic candidate, the first child of immigrants of the late 19th century to attempt to push the parameters of the American dream. Those immigrants experienced prejudice, learning that a last name which sounded foreign brought them abuse more often than a welcoming gesture. But they also, by and large, found that America was open to them, and for the most part they became guardians of the rights of others to become Americans. In short, they were optimists...