Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cautious, wanting to be respectful of the church while joking that if her act lasted past midnight (which it did) then it would mean everyone watching would be in church on Sunday. "Just remember," she said, "This is art. No wait, I shouldn't say that. This is an attempt...
...dorm rates were set last November," she said. "The change in the length was not known at all at that point. It wasn't a deliberate attempt to get nine months rent for an eight month stay. It was just an oversight on when the calendar was approved...
...Crimson field goal attempt hit the crossbar with time running out, clinching Harvard's one-point loss to Cornell on Saturday at Ithaca...
PUCC failed to realize that the council lacks diversity--and credibility--not because of the number of women or minority representatives, but because of the kind of students who have traditionally assumed executive roles. The overwhelming support for direct elections, for instance, is an attempt to prevent the kind of inside bargaining that favors ambitious and sleazy politicos, instead of dedicated and interested leaders...
...plans to sell two nuclear reactors to Iran had been terminated. Not so, said Qian. The sale had been suspended only because of problems with the original site. Western diplomats, looking for signs of a thaw in Sino-American relations, think Qian's denial may be merely an attempt to save face back home...