Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tenants, who have fought the attempts of the University to evict them for more than a year, said they will tell Rent Board examiners that Harvard workers began renovations this week on two units that were occupied when the ordinance went into effect this August. The law, passed in attempt to keep rental property from being converted to other uses, requires developers to obtain a permit from the city before renovating apartments...
Unfortunately, Russell Long cannot see beyond regressive taxation as a means to solve America's economic problems. The Louisiana Senator makes no attempt to hide his disdain for equitable taxes. Asked what he thought of the American income tax system, Long replied: "I think it is progressive to the point of being counter-productive." He prefers emulation Louis XIV by extracting onerous "taillies" from lower and middle income people. The VAT's hidden character may seem appealing to politicians, but its regressive nature will certainly prove costly to most Americans...
...source close to the police said yesterday investigators are trying to determine whether the fire was a serious attempt to burn down the building and harm Bok or merely a symbolic act by a group upset with something Bok or the Corporation has done...
...other three men walked out of the courtyard before the police arrived, Rivkin said. He added that "the many" students in the courtyard made no attempt to stop the three from walking...
...thing about Suckerman, the clinging vinyl critter, is that he doesn't stick. Don't believe the box. He simply doesn't grip most surfaces. Despite the suction cups that bulge from his body, he makes but the feeblest attempt to cling to the wall of the Jordan Marsh toy department, bouncing off again and again with his shallow vinyl grin intact...