Word: attempting
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HUPD said it plans to make extra patrols in the area to attempt to increase security...
...White House has already invoked the separate notion of Executive privilege in an attempt to screen aides Bruce Lindsey and Sidney Blumenthal from Starr. Extending a similar privilege to the Secret Service would be novel, says Burt Neuborne, former legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, but not unreasonable. "It has all the hallmarks of other privileges, such as the marital and clergy privileges. Without it, you run the risk of injuring what is a tremendously important relationship." Not everybody is convinced. "The presidency comes with a lot of perks, but this one is just over the top," says...
...break out of their predestined orbits and rush together in the midst of space. The romantic conception of love, which implies a breaking away and a catastrophe, is the only one we know today because everything in our society prevents love from being a free choice... [I]f women attempt a free choice, it must be a kind of jailbreak...
Once the laughter stops, members attempt to fit the table back together. After a few minutes they succeed, but the table appears wobbly and slightly tilted...
...Campaign Finance Reform. To many Americans, campaign fundraising reeks of corruption. The Republican leadership in Congress, by killing every major attempt at campaign finance reform, hopes that voters won't care enough to punish them in November. Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott, for example, claims that voters in his home state of Mississippi "don't ask me about this subject." When representatives return home for summer recess and begin campaigning, we'll see if they're correct. If not, look for the Republicans to meet the fate of their Democratic predecessors who once thought voters didn't care about budget...