Word: attempted
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...apparent attempt to control the bird population, Disney had asked for a license to relocate protected wildlife away from the theme park, where they annoyed tourists and destroyed property. But for some of the island's vultures, in particular, relocation became extermination. Game officials, alerted to the situation last June by an anonymous phone tip, were horrified to discover 18 dehydrated black vultures and one carcass stuffed into a small airless shed without adequate food or water; employees admitted that the shed once held more than 70 birds. Disney, which has appointed a panel of environmentalists and ornithologists to rectify...
...highly controversial plan announced by Harvard last fall, is the first such University attempt to market professors' research while ensuring a percentage of the profits for itself...
According to Lee, the debate centers around an attempt to capture the city's Black vote in the upcoming elections. Cambridge's only Black councillor, Saundra Graham, is retiring this year, and several candidates are looking to grab her constituents, he says...
...Washington, Congressional leaders are criticizing President Bush for his inaction during the coup attempt, while top administration officials claim a lack of reliable intelligence made intervention too risky...
...aide said the senators would try to introduce their own amendment to limit the Bingaman proposal today, before the Senate vote. Even if the bill were passed, he said, several senators would attempt to modify the measure in subsequent House-Senate conference committee hearings...