Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tone of Bush's remarks suggested the United States may attempt to exert pressure for compromise on Israeli Prime Minister Titzhak Shamir, who arrives in the U.S. tomorrow and confers with Bush on Thursday...
Hubert de Ronceray, a conservative political leader, said those dismissals might have triggered the coup attempt...
...physical-education department, which had agreed to take him. There Brian remained for the next two years. He says he never did get to study communications. Brian's former coach, Nolan Richardson, now at Arkansas, says all incoming Tulsa students were required to take certain courses and that every attempt was made to allow students to pursue their fields of interest...
...Maldives strike that best illustrated India's proclivity to take on the role of regional policeman. If the affair provoked unease among India's neighbors -- Pakistan accused New Delhi of having stage-managed the coup attempt -- it garnered approval in more distant quarters. Ronald Reagan, then in the White House, congratulated New Delhi for a "valuable contribution to regional stability...
Emergency crews placed booms in the sound to contain the spill, and the Coast Guard dropped chemicals in an attempt to break up the slick. But local officials criticized Exxon and pipeline officials for responding slowly. Doug Griffin, city manager of Valdez, said the first teams to arrive waited for a leader to show up and take charge...