Word: attempter
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...neglected - who benefit from affirmative action programs that reserve for them government jobs and school places, worry that minority Christians may one day receive affirmative action places themselves - diluting their chances of moving up India's social ladder. Groups such as the VHP play on those fears in an attempt to unite India's diverse Hindu population against the Christian or Muslim "outsiders," says Ashis Nandy, a political psychologist and sociologist at India's Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. "If you can identify a common enemy it is easier to unify all these Hindu groups" that...
...hatched the plan with Harding's ex-husband Jeff Stone: her beefy bodyguard, Brian Sean Griffith. Griffith confessed days after the attack, helping to nab the hired assailant, and spent more than a year in prison. He later changed his name (from Shawn Eckhardt) in an attempt to put the events behind him. He was 40 and died of apparently natural causes...
...team with 16 points, dribbled around the Huskies (4-5) before hitting a jumper with 1:05 to play, making the score 74-68. Northeastern then ran 32 seconds off the shot clock before big center Nkem Ojougboh was fouled by sophomore guard Jeremy Lin on a dunk attempt. Ojougboh missed both free throws—breaking a string of six straight made by the home team—and Lin found McGeary in the corner for a three with 24 seconds left to make it a one-possession game.Northeastern guard Matt Janning hit two free throws with 16 seconds...
...Amid this turmoil as the peace process stagnates, fears are growing that royalist elements in the military may attempt a coup. The camp's Commander Biwidh, a slight man whose weathered face looks far older than his 34 years, is aware of this threat. "We do not want another war," he sighs, turning his head toward the setting sun. "But if the revolution must be fought again, it will...
...debasing the presidential institution of our nation." Congress furthermore demanded that the United States extradite Antonini to Argentina for the ongoing investigation in a Buenos Aires court into the smuggling operation. There has been a warrant for his arrest issued by an Argentine court in connection with the attempt to smuggle...