Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deadlines "are not an attempt to frighten people," said Kuwabara. "We don't want to punish them...
...letter to Woodlock a week ago, Ryan saidBusiness School staff had undertaken "anexhaustive search in an attempt to reconstruct themissing files insofar as possible." In courtyesterday, he told the judge that Harvard would beable to recreate "the essence" of the originaldocuments...
Such attacks included Kariotis' attempt to tie the Governor to the Westfield State College scandal, where President Francis Pilecki is accused of sexual harrassment and making questionable payments to a student. He also attacked the incumbent's interference in the election of former Amherst State Rep. James Collins as State Commissioner of Education...
...weeks ago, when all appeared lost, Brooklyn Democratic Congressman Charles Schumer made a final attempt to save the bill. He met with Simpson, Democratic Congressman Peter Rodino of New Jersey, who sponsored the House version, and Republican Congressman Dan Lungren of California. Together they produced a compromise called the "California provision," which extended the amnesty to illegal aliens who harvested perishable fruits and vegetables for 90 days or longer between May 1985 and May 1986. Says Schumer: "It would have been abhorrent to let the whole bill go down over this problem...
...been easy. Last month Messner made three separate attempts to conquer Makalu (27,765 ft.). On his last try, he told TIME in a radio interview from base camp, "you could do 20 to 25 steps, and you had to stop for a while and breath deeply ten to 20 times." Last week's triumph on Lhotse * took only one attempt. Delayed an hour by adverse weather conditions, Messner and Partner Hans Kammerlander gained the summit with a moderating wind at their backs...