Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Simons actively solicited the grant in an attempt to rectify the Hispanic under-representation. "We found the MacArthur Foundation sympathetic and empathetic," he said...
...spirit him out the back doors of Science Center D in the same way that he was brought in, we acted to block the back doors peacefully and nonviolently "only so that he will leave by the front doors." We remained silent throughout this action and made no attempt to rush the podium or obstruct passage through the lobby doors; our intent was to ensure his eventual exit through the lobby and to demonstrate peacefully and silently our opposition to the system of apartheid which Kent-Brown was defending. We never considered using force to deny Kent-Brown's freedom...
Although Colvin said this year's freshmen were much calmer than the Class of 1989, many freshmen still tried to cheat the lottery game and changed their first choices in an attempt to find houses that would have space for them...
...medicine but, in the case of a few practices commonly in use, also rejecting the opinions of numerous Roman Catholic moral theologians. The document's release quickly provoked widespread debate not only on the ethics of the reproductive techniques it discusses but on the propriety of the Vatican's attempt to influence public policy on a medical issue, particularly in pluralistic societies. Many Americans claimed the words from Rome would have little impact on daily practices...
...memorial service for the dead was held in a red brick Zeebrugge church. A few hundred yards away, in a nearby community sports hall, sorrowful relatives and friends filed past 55 bodies in an attempt to identify loved ones pulled from the ship. Most of the victims seemed to be British. At week's end 79 passengers were still missing. The salvage operations will eventually refloat the once luxurious ferry that now rests less than a mile from its berth...