Word: attempting
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Also hit would be private foundations, some of which have led in creative efforts to improve the quality of life in America. In an attempt to crack down on organizations established to avoid taxes, the bill imposes a 7.5% levy on the investment income of all foundations. The measure could put a serious crimp in the activities of some of the country's most respected philanthropic operations, which now donate substantial portions of their income to private universities, museums and charities...
...near loss was its own legislative brinkmanship. Vice President Spiro Agnew rejected Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen's argument that the Democratic offer of a five-month extension was the best the Administration was likely to get. Agnew telephoned President Nixon in Thailand, won his approval for an attempt to force a vote on the surtax. Agnew then threw down the challenge to the Democrats and demanded that Congress pass nothing less than a full year's extension...
Twice during his grueling schedule, Paul had met with Nigerian and Biafran representatives in a vain attempt to mediate the Nigerian impasse-and had even offered to stay in Africa a month if it would help bring peace. He did not stay. On Saturday morning he joined Anglican dignitaries for a brief ecumenical service at their own shrine, then went on to the partially built shrine of the Roman Catholic martyrs, where nearly 100,000 people had gathered for the Mass of dedication. He baptized, confirmed and gave First Communion to 22 young Uganda converts, telling them that being...
...byproducts of combustion. The big oil companies - such as Gulf, Mobil and Texaco - work close ly with auto producers to devise formulas that will meet the specific needs of each engine, depending upon its horsepower and the climate in which the car is usually driven. Still, many motorists attempt to outguess the experts by using additives, which are usually made by companies other than the big oil firms. Motorists have the stuff poured into the crankcases of their cars, separate from the oil itself. Promoters of the additives promise that they reduce oil consumption, free sticking valves, make the engine...
...like a roost for passing frigate birds. Yet on its stony surface, dozens of enormous statues, known in local dialect as modi, stand and stare. Some of them rear up to a height of 40 feet; many of them wear a subtle expression that presumably only sophisticated sculptors would attempt or could achieve; the best rank among the greatest sculptures of all time. What men produced these monsters? Where did these men come from? Where did they go? How and why did they shape their scoriae colossi...