Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This identification is created through the ways in which writer/director Patricia Rozema lets us into Polly's life. At one point, we see a painting that Polly believes is the most beautiful she's ever seen. Instead of trying to find a suitable painting, an attempt that would inevitably have failed, Rozema fashions the painting as a brilliantly glowing rectangle. The pull of this personal vision, combined with Rozema's quirky humor, makes Mermaids irresistable...
Contra leader Adolfo Calero is no stranger to the violent violation of free speech. In fact, he stands accused in an assassination attempt on Eden Pastora. On May 30, 1984 a bomb exploded at a public press conference in La Penca, Nicaragua called by dissident contra leader Eden Pastora (a.k.a. Commandante Zero). Eight people were killed including three international journalists. Many other reporters were mutilated...
...Harvard Law School Republi- cans invited Calero to speak on Friday, but theLaw School administration halted his speech beforeit began, after a Tufts senior rushed to the stagein an attempt to attack the former contra leader...
This year in an attempt to cut back on illegal drinking, the College has included students' birth dates on their bursar's cards. Students will be required to use their cards for positive identification at all campus parties...
Harvard football fans called the NFL's attempt to continue playing football despite the two-week-old player's strike "pathetic," but many said they tuned in to the weekend's games...