Word: attempted
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Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." In striving to be fair to both sides, Cooper, in effect, supported the final clubs. The failed attempt of Mr. Cooper's `evenhandedness' suggests why the council must take a stand on important campus issues. The council cannot support both sides of a discrimination suit any more than the United States can support both sides in a war. Supporting both sides equally enforces the status...
...projects together represent a conceptual attempt to link the Charles Square Shops with Brattle Square, designers said...
...could have taken this scene to many conclusions, but the one he chose was by far the best. Dap and his buddies attempted to make peace with the locals instead of putting them down for their lack of education. While the movie made the point that not all Black college students reflect Dap's mature thinking, this scene showcased another fine attempt at intra-racial unity...
...responsibility of young, educated Blacks to at least attempt to understand the circumstances of their peers who didn't have such an opportunity. Some Black college students today are lucky enough to have two generations of graduates behind them, but many are not. The movie made the point that Black students today should not be quick to put down other Blacks for their lack of educational opportunity...
...that Palestinians would like to negotiate not from the pre-1967 borders of Israel but from the map of the 1947 U N partition resolution. which leaves a much smaller Israel. Never mind that Palestinian notables rejected the U N plan in '47. preferring to let the Arab states attempt to wipe Israel out by war: never mind that precisely those Palestinian figures who recognize Israel in the first place are those the P.L.O rejects...