Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...agrees on what really happened. There are no chronicles," responds George McAlister, an amateur historian who put up most of the film's $3 million cost. "I made an honest attempt to reflect the battle as accurately as I could." Despite threats of protests, he plans to proceed with the film's public debut on March 6, the 152nd anniversary of the Alamo's fall...
...effectively on paper is a mystery. My first thought was that only people who are too presumptuous to write understandably would decide to go into these fields. This theory, however, I rejected--mainly to avoid unpleasant threats. Another reason for the phenomenon--probably the most likely--is an unconscious attempt by academic authors to exclude non-professionals from their work. In other words, "if Pulier can understand what I'm saying, then I just haven't phrased it correctly...
...attempt to encourage participation, Light has started posting results and games in the Freshman Union, as well as advertising games in the Yard Bulletin. Andrew R. Barnard '89, who oversees the referee program, says that the present program "is much more organized and publicized" than the one he played in two years ago. Barnard says the Union bulletin board alone "makes people a lot more excited...
...attempt to combat further spread of AIDS, Axelrod has written to New York State's 50,000 physicians, including obstetricians and gynecologists, recommending that they routinely counsel all women of childbearing age about the risk of AIDS. The letter urges that all women in the early stages of pregnancy, or even considering pregnancy, be tested. Radio and television campaigns, brochures and posters are also in the works. "The studies are telling us the extent to which AIDS has spread within the community, particularly the intravenous drug-abusing community," Axelrod argues. "We have to look at every preventive action...
...ruling by a superior court last week removed one of the major stumbling blocks facing Emerson College in its attempt to move from Boston's Back Bay to the city of Lawrence...