Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Still, the latest attempt to end the eight-year war in Nicaragua was a rebuff to the U.S., which has supported and guided the contra effort since its inception in 1981. Right up to the last minute, the Bush Administration lobbied regional leaders to postpone demobilization until after the Nicaraguan election, scheduled for Feb. 25, to give the Sandinista regime at least some incentive to uphold its pledges for a free and fair vote...
...attempt to prove his point, Siegel presents exhaustive evidence of the quest for intoxication throughout history and throughout the animal kingdom. In many cases, humans and animals have shared the same drugs. Hawkmoths, for example, fly erratically after drinking the nectar of datura flowers. The Aztecs used the same plant as a pain-killer, and British soldiers in Jamestown who made a salad of its leaves became intoxicated for eleven days...
However, Casale and Lerman are utterly unconvincing in supporting their thesis. Their attempt amounts to nothing more than another salve applied to the sore consciences of the jaded children...
...proposals, the party offers no specific solutions to stem the ethnic hatred that has led to clashes involving Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Abkhazians, Georgians, Turks, Uzbeks and others. Some activists welcomed the party's attempt to compromise, but said vague promises of decentralization are no longer enough to solve "the nationalities question...
...Solidarity senator said the move appears designed to block Lech Walesa's attempt to form a government that excludes the Communist Party...