Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Begun this year by Smith and Randy J. Gomes'02, BASIC is designed to integrate communityservice groups from different Boston-area collegesin order to attempt large-scale service projects...
...until 7:37 remained in the first half did Janowski attempt her first shot, and then it was only because she drove from the outside. She was fouled and converted one of two free throws...
...Harvard on Tuesday, about 50 students marched across the Yard in an attempt to persuade President Neil L. Rudenstine to adopt a strict labor code in sweatshops that manufacture products with Harvard's insignia...
...went. Nuccio's performance as Voltaire himself, Dr. Pangloss, Cacambo and Martin wowed the audience. One of Nuccio's most memorable numbers is in the angrily energetic "Auto Da Fe" (riot), when he, playing Dr. Pangloss, sings about how he contracted a virus most resembling syphilis in an attempt to save himself from execution for heresy. At several points he breaks into a curious Russian dance, the ensemble matching his energy and spirit as they kick and push him towards one of the black poles, set up as a gallows. Not only is the song about his contraction...
...time, a shark circling its prey, but he does take the whole thing a little too seriously. His bad-ass persona seems a bit silly considering he is Mel Gibson the goofy guy who gets a kick out of life. This is definitely a case where celebrity transcends any attempt at getting into character...