Word: attempting
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...said she founded her work in the attempt to make words say more than they seem...
There are many ways, some gruesome, some graceful, to kill yourself once you set your mind to it. Ted Kaczynski's attempt to hang himself with his underwear in his jail cell last week seemed a clumsy gesture compared with the convoluted strategy he has been employing in court. First he threatened to fire his lawyers if they kept insisting on portraying him as mentally ill. Then he argued that he wanted to defend himself. And that, lawyers observed, would probably ensure that he would wind up dead after...
Though he denies that the IRS is being used against Jones, Bennett wouldn't mind a review of the tax-exempt status of the Rutherford Institute, the conservative religious-liberty group paying part of her legal expenses. In an attempt to prove that Rutherford is pursuing nothing more than a political attack against the President, last month Bennett subpoenaed its financial records. He's also charging that donations to the separate Paula Jones Legal Fund are being diverted to pay for her hair care, jewelry and clothing. Institute leaders call the subpoena an attempt to harass them for defending Jones...
...always dreaming up new crusades, she says. A few years ago, Seed invited Moline to invest $75,000 in his project to cure AIDS. Last summer he asked if the church could donate space to help support his cloning research. For Seed, Moline believes, cloning represents a "last, desperate attempt to become rich and famous. He wanted to make it big, but he never...
Judge Slams Microsoft Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson is not amused. He severely scolded Microsoft for its attempt to portray special master Lawrence Lessig as biased and have him thrown off the case. The Hearing Blow-by-Blow TIME: Target: Microsoft FORTUNE Online Poll: Microsoft Products and Practices