Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...doctor determined that four of the patients had been exposed to about 600 rads, a degree of radiation absorption equivalent to 4,000 chest X rays. Technicians sprayed six of the patients with cold water and scrubbed them with soap to remove any cesium from their skin. In an attempt to cleanse their bodies of any cesium they might have swallowed, the team of doctors fed them an iron compound called Prussian blue, which soaks up cesium and blocks its absorption by the body...
...almost any cost. That means encouraging the Federal Reserve to pour money into the economy and reduce interest rates. But in doing so, the Administration has had to make a sacrifice, the U.S. dollar. Treasury Secretary James Baker, the chief architect of the plan, maintains that any additional attempt to prop up the dollar with relatively high interest rates could choke the economy and further devastate the stock market...
...According to Western diplomats, Ben Ali shrewdly avoided becoming a victim of Bourguiba's purges by convincing the President of his loyalty. "He managed to cultivate that 'I am your son' image," said one diplomat. Starting last summer, Ben Ali gave speeches to the party faithful in an attempt to build support and shed his reputation as a military...
...another twist in the saga of Emerson College's attempt to find a new home, the school this week nixed a plan to move to Beverly and renewed efforts to relocate its campus in Lawrence, its original choice in its two-year search...
...legal problems that Emerson encountered in trying to move to Lawrence remain, but city officials said they were confident that the city would win its case against private owners who claim that the law of eminent domain does not apply to the city's attempt to take their land for public...