Word: attempting
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...role and plays it to the hilt. Her Creon is just this side of crazy: she is inflexible, imperial (ironically so considering she supports the Union and "liberty"), wrathful and utterly compelling. The other actors seem to feed off of her unreasonableness, engaging the viewers as they desperately attempt to get her to compromise. "A foe is never a friend, even in death," she declares. Although Antigone knows in advance the consequences of her actions, stating her loyalty to the dead and her willingness to die for her actions, one feels completely sympathetic towards her at the expense of Creon...
...Ford also warned of this century's gradual move toward the "security state," which he characterized as the government's attempt to minimize the risk connected with market forces...
...safety of our community. I would argue that the protesters outside University Hall were acting as a jury, not as prosecutors. Our judicial system is based on a jury trial by one's peers. The protesters were merely endorsing a verdict passed down by an actual jury, in an attempt to propel our administrative "jury" to the same conclusion...
...safety of our community. I would argue that the protesters outside University Hall were acting as a jury, not as prosecutors. Our judicial system is based on a jury trial by one's peers. The protesters were merely endorsing a verdict passed down by an actual jury, in an attempt to propel our administrative "jury" to the same conclusion...
...turnovers cost this game for the Crimson. Its first mistake of the game came on a weak clear attempt...