Word: attempting
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...Labor practices U.S. labor, with the verbal support of the Clinton administration, is pushing for the WTO to enforce minimum labor standards in developing countries, protesting that manufacturers are exploiting sweatshop conditions. But the governments of many developing countries see this as an attempt by Washington to protect American jobs at the expense of the Third World poor. With low labor costs often the only competitive advantage many developing countries have in the global economy, they fear that enforcing labor standards will simply expand unemployment in the developing world...
...puts the narrow interests of business over those of society in general. But countries disadvantaged by such measures often charge that they're invoked as a fig leaf for old-fashioned protectionism. For example, Washington has dismissed European health concerns over the import of hormone treated beef as an attempt to protect less competitive European farmers...
Comparing his experience to being "a guest in somebody else's house," Tuitt, who is black, shared that he sometimes didn't consider himself a "real" student and would often deny his own ethnicity in an attempt...
Clemente's six points in the first half---plus the fact that he didn't even attempt his first three-pointer until just over three minutes remained before the break--was testimony to a nice defensive game plan from Marist Coach Dave Magarity...
...rifles, some well-worn M-16's, have been a little disappointing. Mostly we just carry them around - our first trip to the range is weeks away - and our first attempt at zeroing our sights, on Friday, was a disaster...