Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Halfway through the power play, RPI defenseman Pierre Thibault flipped a slow, bouncing shot in through a screen that Lau tried to cover with his glove. The attempt ended up as a swat at bare ice, and the puck crawled into the far corner...
...detectives are checking the body against the files of two missing persons in an attempt to discover his identity. Police said yesterday they have not yet determined whether the death was a suicide, a homicide or an accident, adding an autopsy will be performed later this week. The body was found with lacerations on the stomach and abrasions on the head...
Thus, when the offense had trouble early in the season--as Ford juggled the forwards in an attempt to find the right combination--the Crimson fullbacks played under a lot of pressure. Though they played well, a number of their fine efforts went for nought in low-scoring games...
...saddest reports to come from this year's pre-season football camp was the news that Ron Jellison, the fleet California-born running back who sat out last year after fracturing his skull in a 1978 intrasquad scrimmage, had been advised by team doctors not to attempt a comeback...
Community apathy toward swimming and Harvard's administrative indecision--questioning any attempt to create a national power in any sport--were not the least of these problems. The new coach's aggressive recruiting and promotion of his sport helped alleviate these troubles, as did construction of Blodgett Pool and the emergence of other Harvard teams as regional powers--most notably in women's soccer...