Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti--Shooting broke out early yesterday near the presidential palace, and a source close to the government said loyal soldiers had foiled an attempt to overthrow the government of Lt. Gen. Prosper Avril...
...quite a remarkable achievement," says David Howekamp of the Environmental Protection Agency. Adds Richard Ayres, chairman of the National Clean Air Coalition: "It's a bold attempt to grapple with the real pollution problems." The EPA is expected to approve the Los Angeles plan and use it as a blueprint for a federal program that will include cities like Chicago and New York...
Despite persistent rumors that it might attempt a coup, the military has shown no desire to end nine years of civilian rule. But Peruvian society is on the verge of polarization between the extreme left and right. Last July marked the appearance of the Rodrigo Franco Command, a death squad said to be made up of dissident APRA Party members. The group has assassinated several leftists and critics of the government and has threatened to kill many more...
...second set, Roger Williams quickly jumped out to a 5-0 lead and widened the gap to 13-3. Harvard made a belated comeback attempt, but Roger Williams eventually held on to the lead...
...attempt to drive home the hardships apartheid has forced on South African Blacks, students at Simmons College imitated, for a day, the racial policy on their own campus--but with a twist...