Word: attempted
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...idea that it had been duped as well. Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Norman Pearlstine stood by the basic thrust of his paper's story: that the U.S. believed Libya had resumed sponsoring terrorist acts, and was exploring ways of deterring Gaddafi. But Pearlstine "deplored" the Administration's "attempt to mislead the Journal and its readers" about the "likelihood of employing some of these options." A New York Times editorial summarized the reasons for the journalistic outrage: "All media, all Americans, are vulnerable because they must trust their Government to some degree. The deliberate abuse of that trust...
...what a difference a decade makes. In an attempt to cut U.S. energy consumption after the shocking 400% increase in the price of imported oil in 1973, Congress in 1975 passed a law that required auto companies to improve the average fuel economy of their new cars gradually to 27.5 m.p.g. by 1985. Now, three Administrations and a glut of cheaper oil later, gasoline-saving passions do not run quite so high. Last week the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which enforces the fuel-efficiency requirements, agreed to lower the standard to 26 m.p.g...
Rebel lawyers contended that the arrest was a deliberate attempt to sabotage the peace talks. Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile denied the charge and insisted the capture was something of a fluke. He said security officers had been conducting a "routine check" into reported guerrilla comings and goings when they stumbled on Salas. The story seemed disingenuous. Shortly before Enrile's explanation, the chief of the national police told reporters that the arrests had followed four months of surveillance...
...where Sikh terrorists are agitating for independence. While Singh is a Sikh who had shaved his beard and cut his hair to disguise his identity, authorities concluded that the crude assassination try was a lone terrorist act rather than part of an organized Sikh conspiracy. The day after the attempt on Rajiv Gandhi's life, Sikh radicals in Punjab shot and slightly wounded J.F. Ribeiro, director general of the state police force...
Singer said the limitation is an attempt to provide students and faculty with the best possible working conditions. A K-School statement hailed the measure as "enlightened public policy...