Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Naddaff says the ad was not an attempt to"recruit" students and notes that "literature hasdoubled in size over the past three years...
...seen war crimes tribunals emerge, world leaders (almost) apologize for their inaction, refugee surges that have turned the phrase "mass exodus" into a shopworn cliche, and human suffering on a scale that seems to defy explanation or understanding. We've also seen our government make at least one small attempt to salvage a semblance of humanity in international affairs--the appointment of a special ambassador, David Scheffer, to deal with war crimes issues...
Other members see the push to remove the magazine as an attempt to censure the reading of the club's male membership...
...write to express our dismay at the attempt by Meredith Bagley, Anna Baldwin and Emma Cheuse to draw the recent debate over women's diplomas away from the root issue of the relationship of Radcliffe to women's undergraduate education and polarize it instead around the person of Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 ("Hasty Rejection," Opinion, April 6). The accusations made against the Dean are unconscionable and unfair. As supporters of the original diploma bill, we feel it is necessary for Harvard University and Radcliffe College to begin a re-evaluation of their relationship regarding female undergraduates...
...Blues's dressing rooms are an experience unto themselves. C.J. has sectioned off a corner of the store and enclosed it in brown crushed-velvet curtains. The problem with this solution is that the thick material blocks the light from entering the shower-stall sized compartments. And after an attempt at changing in this cramped, unlit space, the shopper must (potentially risking embarrassment) emerge into the store to check the look with a mirror...