Word: attempting
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Last week, Evans warned students in Greenough to lock their doors and to ask strangers who attempt to gain admission to the dormitory...
...unarmed grenades orange and green like Halloween pumpkins. They obliged. But when she asked them to help her arm the grenades, they refused, as Mahon says he later did too. "I knew she was bent," he says. "She was the one always talking about killing and bombing," in an attempt, he contends, to entrap others at the compound...
...nearing the end of their lives, in one last attempt to win restitution of what they believe is rightfully theirs, Nagel, Gabor and Schlinger have joined 12,000 Holocaust survivors in a $20 billion class action filed last October against four Swiss banks for the recovery of dormant accounts and looted property. Their suit--and the high-profile crusade by Jewish organizations, American politicians and Swiss activists--has inspired an unprecedented search through the darkest passages of 20th century history...
More than money, however, the pilots are upset at what they maintain is AMR's continuing attempt to shift jobs to its lower-cost commuter airlines. At issue is AMR's stated intention to acquire new 50-seat jets to replace existing turboprops on commuter routes flown by its American Eagle subsidiary. Eagle pilots earn one-third the salary of their American counterparts...
...litany of arguments and defenses enter the scene. Too often, though, the marginal players of the debate dominate the national discussion of abortion. The murderers of doctors who perform abortions hardly advance their cause by committing sins in the name of sainthood; their sick attempt to thwart abortion only serves to harden the resolve of pro-choice activists and blacken the image of pro-life workers. To a lesser degree, the esteem of ultra-feminist groups is lowered when abortion is touted as a privilege rather than a last and most desperate resort...