Word: attempting
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...They are simply in competition [for] a say of what is going on," Frye said. "That is what they are doing in academia. I think it is not a bad thing. I think it is not an attempt to get absolution but a competition...
During Waldholtz's disappearance, several other possible scams came to light. His wife said he may have had access to $2 million from their joint accounts. His family has gone to court in an attempt to find out what became of $600,000 that belonged to Joe's step-grandmother, 87, whose money Joe was supposed to be investing. As for the existence of a family trust, the elder Waldholtz, a Pittsburgh dentist, says it's news to him. That's bad news for Enid's father, who, according to Enid's statements to investigators, allegedly turned over $4 million...
...best way to protect an interest that qualifies as important but less than vital." Force is a key adjunct to diplomacy, he argued, and "real leadership requires a willingness to use military force." Richard Haas, the former White House aide who wrote that speech, explains, "It was an attempt to come up with a slightly more flexible rationale for using force. It was also a defense of what was not being done in Bosnia, because it was hard to match an effective U.S. intervention with the limited nature of U.S. interests...
...federal judge has ruled that much of California's controversial Proposition 187, which denies public services to undocumented immigrants, is unconstitutional. United States District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer ruled that the state proposition is an illegal attempt to regulate immigration. San Francisco Bureau Chief David Jackson reports: "California has an enormous number of illegal aliens, and 187 was an attempt to slow their influx. But as this judge's ruling illustrates, there are a lot of complex legal questions involved, and this is a long way from being resolved. Prop 187 has never really been implemented. It was virtually frozen...
...government has been too "soft" toward dissidents like Wei. Others say that Beijing has decided that it could crack down on dissidents and get away with it, in spite of anticipated protests and diplomatic pressure from Western countries like the U.S. Still others view it as Beijing's attempt to publicly discredit Wei by depicting him, to the local and international audience, as a despicable criminal, to counter his image of a pro-democracy crusader and prisoner of conscience. Despite the ebbing of public support for China's pro-democracy movement overseas, there has been a constant clamor, especially...