Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...official did not call stalling," Peckham continued. "When you work hard, you're in condition, you make attempt after attempt to take down and the referee doesn't do his job, it makes it very difficult...
...this case, an attempt to create a festive atmosphere in the Union (certainly a difficult task) ended up bursting everyone's ballon. Workers were robbed of their pride, and the misplanned event offended some Asian students...
...House, members of Congress denounced the nation's radio talk-show hosts, who, along with consumer advocate Ralph Nader, helped foil the legislators' attempt at raising their own salaries. High-powered Washington journalist David S. Broder ridiculed radio jocks, accusing them of "knownothing demagoguery" in a recent column. And the film Talk Radio, loosely based on Denver host Alan Berg's life and death at the hands of neo-nazis, portrayed talk-show callers and the hosts as lunatics babbling bizarre opinions to moronic listeners...
...critics also fail to mention that they themselves often make the rounds on the talk show circuit. Broder, who supported the legislators in their attempt to get a raise, is frequently heard on The Larry King Show. While the pay-raise controversy raged, legislators could also be heard on the shows they later condemned...
...Green upped its lead to 3-0 less than a minute into the second period when senior Betsy Aldrich took advantage of a tactical error by Harvard Tri-Captain and goalie Jen White. Instead of falling on the puck after a shot attempt, White quickly flicked it out to the side without seeing Aldrich, who proceeded to knock it back...