Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...involved). There are many, many crucial issues facing the Black community today, and I quite frankly think it unreasonable to expect a one-day conference to cover, in whole or in part, any great number of them. I also find it unreasonable on the part of Mr. Barron to attempt to dictate what these issues would be. Perhaps, if he is a student at the university, he would like to submit a paper for next year's colloquium...
...address another point: This is, again, another cavil of Mr. Barron's that I feel can be best put into the straw man category: "no Jewish opinion is a good one" (according to Black intellectuals). Is Mr. Barron deliberately attempting to foment further dissension between Black and Jewish intellectuals? Increased tension between these two groups, especially in light of their past political alliance, is of grave concern to me and other academics. However, Mr. Barron's remarks seem calculated to aggravate differences, rather than reconcile them. How else am I to make sense of his nothing that "to loud applause...
...attempt to alleviate the nuisance caused by construction, the MBTA this week is inviting artists to apply for gallery space in six Boston subway stations along the Red and Green lines...
Committee members stressed that their proposaldoes not attempt to dictate house party policy,but rather to increase the options available toeach house...
...appearances can be deceptive, they can also be highly cost efficient, or so the East Germans apparently think. Last week the West German government reported that East Germany has abandoned its attempt to man with armed guards the more than 700 watchtowers along the roughly 850-mile German border. Instead, the East Germans are now using life-size cardboard soldiers to scare off would-be Western invaders--and potential defectors. How many of the tower guards are bogus is anyone's guess. "Sometimes they are placed in the towers for only a few hours," says a spokesman for the West...