Word: attempted
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Gorbachev's much vaunted charm and appealing slogans have been far less important to the overall success of his foreign policy than his near monopoly of the arms-control enterprise. By the same token, there was nothing wrong with George Bush's earlier attempt to articulate a vision of a Western strategy that will go "beyond containment," but that concept seemed insubstantial and unconvincing in the absence of concrete proposals. Last week Bush made it sound real...
...dean who could heal those wounds. As a result, the surprising appointment of Clark was opposed by a substantial percentage of the faculty. Although Clark has shown signs that he will be more tolerant as dean than he was as a faculty member, the appointment reflected an attempt to steamroll over the concerns of the school...
...weakened version of the affirmative action report is not only an attempt to lessen the non-administrative faculty voice, but also a direct slap in the face to a substantial group of students who have been committed to forcing FAS and the University to increase its minority hiring...
...March 23, B. Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announced that they achieved "cold fusion" in a flask, and scientists around the world quickly rushed to their labs to attempt to verify the researchers' claims...
...these requests have each been addressed in depth by the newly appointed dean despite the earlier criticisms of him. Clark says a main focus of his education reform will be an attempt to improve the quality of the school's training by increasing students' exposure to professors...