Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plan is the first attempt to increase cooperation between security guards and police, who have been at odds in the past...
Columbia kicker Matt Linit made a 44-yard field goal to force the extra period. Although Penn scored a touchdown, the Light Blue blocked Penn's point-after attempt then converted its own after a 25-yard touchdown pass to Dennis...
Drewicz said the Cambridge Police Department is making no attempt to search out sex offenders who have not registered...
...artificial pleasantness that pervades the debates is an attempt to respond to the American public's distaste for the partisan bickering that is so common in Washington. Also, both presidential candidates are concerned with overcoming the negative facets of their images. Bob Dole is trying to shed his reputation as a grouchy old hatchet man, and Bill Clinton is still seeking to appear statesmanlike and presidential, above the scandals of Paula Jones, Whitewater and Filegate...
...that he is gay. Pressler is making the book's rumors, and his contention that his opponent helped spread them, the cornerstone of his unorthodox bid for a fourth term. Depending on whom you ask, Pressler's crusade is either a principled stand against mudslinging or a shrewdly cynical attempt to win votes by presenting himself as a victim...