Word: attempted
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Noriega has accused the United States of engineering Delvalle's failed attempt to assert civilian control of Panama...
...Frank Sinatra), Exner claims that during 18 months in 1960 and 1961 she carried envelopes between Kennedy and Giancana, who was then the head of the Chicago Mafia. Exner, 54, claims that she arranged some ten meetings between Kennedy and Giancana, one of which, she speculates, was an attempt to win votes for J.F.K. in the 1960 West Virginia presidential primary. Exner suggests that Kennedy's later dealings with Giancana may have concerned the CIA's collaboration with the Mafia to kill Castro. Why has Exner, who says she has terminal cancer, come forward now with fresh details? "I want...
...toothsome headlines about naughty doings among the Palm Beach rich : group sex, lesbian encounters and suggestions of unspeakable things performed with a bedside trumpet. All this was allegedly borne upon a flood tide of cocaine, Dom Perignon and money. The whole sordid story appears anew in Roxanne's latest attempt to cash in on her notoriety (previous ventures included posing nude, for $70,000, for Playboy). Readers in search of easy, sleazy entertainment, however, are in for a surprise. The narrative is shot through with the pain of any marital breakup, especially when small children are involved, and emerges...
...spending so much money and seeking to attract blue-chip office tenants in a soon-to-be-glutted market, will make this motley, redolent crossroads orderly and decorous -- that they will make Times Square square. New York City planners, to their credit, have during the past year made an attempt to enforce preservation of some of the area's glittery, hodgepodge character. Today Times Square has 29 "supersigns" composed of 200 miles of neon. The latest rules require that large, bright, animated versions be included on new buildings. A planned Holiday Inn on Broadway, designed by Architect Alan Lapidus, will...
TIME's correspondents quickly concluded that any attempt to close the deficit strictly through spending cuts would be unworkable and unwise. Most non-defense programs have already been slashed relentlessly during the Reagan years, and the President has reluctantly consented to slow the growth of his military budget...