Word: attempting
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...worshippers at the Western Wall with a hail of stones, forcing an evacuation. How can the Palestinians expect their plea for religious toleration to be taken seriously when many of them lack sensitivity? To complicate their outrage at Israeli "insensitivity," Palestinians demonstrated a brand of their own in their attempt to set alight the tomb of Rachel, one of the matriarchs of the Jewish people. In all of this, Yassir Arafat's growing resume of handshakes and photo-ops have demonstrated that in spite of what may look good on CNN or in picture-perfect Rose Garden ceremonies...
...remained a symbol of hope for Jews living in oppressive regimes in countless countries over the ages. Just last week, Jews in the Diaspora concluded the Yom Kippur services with the traditional closing song "Next Year in Jerusalem." Using such terms as the "Judaization of Jerusalem" is clearly an attempt upon the part of Arafat to return to the faculty and regressive claims of the Palestinians that Jews have colonized their land. This, surprisingly, comes after Arafat's recent acceptance of the Israeli right to exist...
...contractors have been competing with Harvard's unionized custodians, and in the past several years, many individual schools and departments within the University have hired outside companies. Competition with outside contractors pressured Local 254 to accept wage decreases for new employees. Manning claimed that the new contract was an attempt to "treat people fairly as an alternative to hiring outside people...
...perhaps 600 of the 1.5 million abortions performed in the U.S. each year. Its rarity, however, takes nothing away from its horror, and all along, the symbolic importance of the issue has driven both sides of the debate. The ban that passed earlier this year was the first attempt by Congress to outlaw a specific abortion procedure in the 23 years since the Supreme Court upheld abortion rights in Roe v. Wade...
Given the way the investigation has gone, however, it could turn out the St. Louis bomb-dog test may have nothing to do with the mysterious residues in the plane. Nevertheless, this latest wrinkle makes any bomb investigation even harder. "This discovery would definitely hurt any attempt to build a circumstantial case of a bomb," a source close to the investigation told the Associated Press. "Now we would definitely need pitting or blast damage to prove there was a bomb placed on board...