Word: attempting
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...called for by Senator Edward Kennedy. The Kennedy version, however, contains a triggering device that would end college deferments in time of war. Mindful of Viet Nam, Kennedy defined "war" to exist when a certain percentage of draftees have lost their lives in combat. The Nixon bill does not attempt to define what constitutes...
...information on which it rested. Mao's stroke, the sources said, explained why Chou left Hanoi so hurriedly on Sept. 4, without even bothering to wait for Ho Chi Minh's funeral. At the time, the speed with which he departed for Peking was interpreted as an attempt to avoid Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin, who was about to arrive for the ceremonies...
...roster. The Red Chinese are expected to receive support from Canada and Italy, whose envoys are currently negotiating diplomatic recognition of Red China. The U.S., as always, will lead the opposition. There are reports as well that East Germany is anxious for membership, and that East European nations will attempt a bit of backdoor maneuvering in order to gain U.N. status for Walter Ulbricht's regime. Neither Germany is now a member, although West Germany holds observer status...
Republican support came in especially handy two weeks ago, when House Minority Leader Gerald Ford (R-III.) played a major part in heading off an attempt to attach an anti-riot amendment to the bill giving lenders an "incentive allowance" for making loans to college students. Ford induced most Republicans to vote for suspending the rules on the bill, thus barring any amendments...
...date is marked by celebrations to honor those men who dared to take a stand against the Nazis. The Germans look to it as a small bright light in a black past. Even that light is somewhat dim, however, for as any student of the period knows the attempt on the life of Hitler was motivated by the fact that he was losing the war, not by moral opposition...