Word: attempted
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Both Thomas and Stephen can say with a straight face that taking part in anti-Vietnam War protests was "in the best traditions" of their family. And to some degree, this attempt to reconcile personal behavior with family tradition is testament to the domination of the family over its members, much as they try to fight...
...draw praise from thecrowd. People gathered in front of a red "lightstick." According to its creator, Brooklineresident Bill Bell, the poleshaped device emitslight in vertical lines which read "One CrimsonMoment" when people quickly glance at it. Hundredsgathered near the device, turning their heads fromside to side in an attempt to read the words...
Critics point to these info-packs as examples of the University's attempt to sweep negative history under the rug. Information on Harvard's history and presidents, for example, fails to mention the anti-Semitic and racist attitudes of President A. Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877. Any mention of the 1969 decision by President Nathan M. Pusey '28 to arrest students who had taken over University Hall was omitted...
...power and highlighted the destructive consequences to which its military use or damage to peaceful nuclear facilities during military operations could lead." And Petrosyants told the press conference, "The explosion of the smallest nuclear warhead would be equal to three Chernobyls." U.S. officials quickly pointed out that Moscow's attempt to link Chernobyl to the arms race was a predictable effort to divert attention from its own failures...
That novel saw a discontented American attempt to carve a new life in the Honduran tropics. O-Zone, Theroux's first venture into science fiction, is also a survival story. His 21st century America is a nation that has lived fast, aged young and offers life-support systems only to those who can afford them. That would be the Owners, an elite who inhabit high-rise fortresses in Manhattan. The armed towers keep out the "aliens," variously known as Starkies, Skells, Trolls and Roaches. They are part of a vast underclass, disinherited by global economic collapse and lingering radioactive wastes...