Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...investment; he lost the money gambling. His wife threatened divorce, and a business acquaintance from whom he had borrowed money that he did not repay clubbed him over the head. That is why Marc has a steel plate in his head. After a failed suicide attempt, he entered a self-help group at Tampa's Glenbeigh Hospital and thinks this time he really has quit gambling. Says Marc: "I'm a miracle. Most people that get in as deep I did either end up dead, in prison or alone...
...experts on Cuba embraced the possibility that Castro was foiling a coup attempt. But many did point to a restlessness in the military ranks: some officers feel they have not been properly compensated for their war duty in Angola and are believed to favor a glasnost-style easing of Cuba's repressive political atmosphere...
...growth is an indispensable habitat. The meeting at times seemed overwhelmed by the whoop-de-do of 3,000 loggers sporting baseball caps with yellow ribbons and T shirts with provocative slogans (SAVE A LOGGER -- EAT AN OWL). But when it was over, the two sides appeared ready to attempt a two-year compromise that would both preserve the spotted owl's home and permit continued logging in reduced but still vast areas of federal lands...
...colony no longer listens sympathetically. With a population of some 6 million people squeezed into only 413 sq. mi., Hong Kong finds itself burdened by the presence of more than 44,400 asylum seekers -- and more boat people are pouring in despite the colony's year-old attempt to close its doors. About 20,000 have arrived so far this year. "The problem is that it is an unending problem," explains Fazlul Karim, head of the local office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Hong Kong, he says, is "completely...
...decision, the Justices rule that the freedoms symbolized by Old Glory include the right to desecrate it. -- Stung by public outrage over its last attempt to raise its pay, Congress mulls trading a raise for major reforms. -- Whose art is it? Cancellation of an exhibit by a controversial photographer triggers a debate over whether the Government is funding pornography...