Word: attempted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...White House statement, charges had been flying throughout Central America that the U.S. was once again working to stymie the convoluted regional peace process. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra, whose Sandinista government is fighting off the attacks of U.S.-supported contra rebels, accused the U.S. of a "direct attempt to kill any possibility of a negotiated settlement in the region." Ortega once again charged the U.S. with foiling peaceful negotiations in order to "isolate Nicaragua and launch a direct invasion against our country." The Nicaraguan President declared that he would not agree to a summit postponement and would boycott...
Though the location of Peking itself was fixed by classic feng shui masters of the 13th century, the Chinese Communists have condemned the art as "superstition," severely limiting its practice on the mainland. That may yet undermine China's attempt to assimilate the capitalist spirits of Hong Kong, which is scheduled to come under Peking's control in 1997. Thus local businessmen and ordinary citizens regard the Bank of China's feng shui dilemma with a polite silence, avoiding any embarrassment to the People's Republic. Meanwhile, as work proceeds on the unlucky building, the Communists have refrained from commenting...
...illegitimate son Charles Schermerhorn Schuyler. In 1876 (1976), an older Schuyler returned home after years of self-imposed exile to witness both the theft of a presidential election and his daughter's cynical campaign to land a rich American husband. Lincoln (1984) was a lumbering but best- selling attempt to portray the legendary President through the eyes of three associates during the war-torn White House years...
FOOTNOTE: *The only known videotape of Rust's approach and landing, shot by an unidentified British tourist, was obtained by NBC News, which bought worldwide distribution rights. The Soviets have made no attempt to obtain the tape, and it was not until last week that Soviet print media began admitting that the plane had made it all the way to Red Square...
...Kenneth too has a grievance. The woman with whom he had a daughter refused to marry him and moved to Seattle, where she now consorts with a burly ski instructor. "Keen to get to the bottom of things," as always, Kenneth ransacks his store of accumulated wisdom in an attempt to explain how he and his uncle have both wound up "knee-deep in the garbage of 'personal life...