Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...human existence is diminished, as a result of certain premises which reduce the meaning of human life chiefly to the many different material and economic factors-I mean to the demands of production, the market, consumption, the accumulation of riches or of the growing bureaucracy with which an attempt is made to regulate these very processes...
...Cody's attempt at an onside kick almost worked as the ball scooted off a Cornell lineman's pad, but the Big Red covered...
Another onside kick dribbled into Cornell's hands at the Big Red 45 and Harvard's attempt at a miracle again was set back...
This book, however, is more than just a reflection of that myth; it is an attempt to shore up its sagging walls. So Mandelbaum revives in over 200 pages a picture of American government that no longer plays even in Peoria. The Vietnam War happened for the rest of us, if not for Mandelbaum, and some of the basic ideas handed to generations of Gov. 40 veterans no longer ring true...
...reached no consensus on the next day's approach. The people who came to Seabrook opposed a hierarchical system that has abandoned concern for human life in favor of greater profits. The protesters did not allow their organization to mirror that of the system they condemned. To attempt Seabrook again, or an action like it, a method must be devised to make quick decisions...