Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Yardlings will not have an easy time cracking the varsity line-up, with Captain Roberta Hing leading a talented group of veterans--including Erika Smith, Kathy Vigna, Robin Boss, and Cindy Austrian--as the women attempt to improve on last year's ranking of 17th in the nation...
...alive until a human donor heart can be found. The Food and Drug Administration had authorized Copeland to use the Jarvik-7 for that purpose only a few weeks before, and has since granted permission to a handful of other surgeons. "We're not really doing this in an attempt to further develop the artificial heart, to prove that it's good or bad," explained Copeland. "We are just trying to take something that's available and use it for what it's worth...
...There is a very definite attempt to give the show a particular look," says Bobby Roth, who directed a Miami Vice episode last season and is now executive producer of the new ABC series The Insiders. "There are certain colors you are not allowed to shoot, such as red and brown. If the script says 'A Mercedes pulls up here,' the car people will show you three or four different Mercedes. One will be white, one will be black, one will be silver. You will not get a red one or a brown one. Michael knows how things are going...
...Paul Maurice sees the issue from a more personal perspective: "A homicide detective gets no Brownie points for solving a black-on-black killing, and no extra help." A vicious circle ensues: blacks are less likely to report crimes against them because they do not expect the police to attempt to solve them...
Some doctors have made careers out of looking into the minds of criminals, but a team of Harvard-affiliated doctors have taken this practice to new heights. In an attempt to learn more about brain abnormalities and violent behavior, the doctors are dissecting and analyzing the brain of a suspected mass murderer who took his own life. The doctors are specifically attempting to find a tumor that may be connected with psychotic tendencies...