Word: attempter
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...irreplaceable role in helping them, but it will take too long if they try to do it alone. It is mainly corporations that have the skills to make technological innovations work for the poor. To make the most of those skills, we need a more creative capitalism: an attempt to stretch the reach of market forces so that more companies can benefit from doing work that makes more people better off. We need new ways to bring far more people into the system - capitalism - that has done so much good in the world...
...mainland tourists, halving the maximum length of their stay from 14 days to seven and requiring special approval to enter Macau via Hong Kong. The Macau police said the changes would help prevent potential mainland criminals from committing crimes during their stay, but many see the move as an attempt to curtail growth in the city's gambling market. Mainland Chinese, many of them wealthy high rollers, account for 55% of Macau's visitors...
...desperate attempt for Texas to save face for their barbaric actions on their first raid...
...While the attorneys were primarily responsible for brilliantly shepherding the case to the Supreme Court, a vital part of the case hinged on actions Heller took on his own. On the advice of his friend and attorney Dane Van Breichenruchardt, Heller had gone to a police station to attempt to register a handgun. When the clerk refused, saying it was against the law, Heller had him write down the name of the law it broke on the denied application...
...trial had been widely seen as the final chapter in an ongoing showdown between the AKP and the secularist establishment, particularly in the military and the courts. A military attempt to stare down Erdogan last year over the nomination of his own party's Abdullah Gul for President backfired: Erdogan called snap elections and was returned to power with 47% of the vote, an even greater margin than from when he was first elected. This time, it was the turn of the judiciary to lead the charge for secularism...