Word: attempting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Dartboard question DeStefano's interpretation of the program. DeStefano argues that it represents Yale's confidence in the city's potential to be a bustling and prosperous metropolis. We have a different take on things: the program represents Yale's desperate attempt to trick people into thinking that living in New Haven would be a wise move...
...financial gurus who attempt to predict the markets' eddies and gyrations are increasingly and publicly beginning to demonstrate their growing political power. This development explains why Treasury Secretary and former Goldman Sachs Chairman Robert E. Rubin `60 is the most important man in the country...
Next year, the U.S. Cycling Federation plans to sponsor a series of mountain bike races, and it will maintain a point system in an attempt to better organize the sport--which is growing more popular with every year...
...last series. Conner might have coveted Mighty Mary, but the women weren't about to let him have their boat, not after Conner's crew shouted vulgar insults and made obscene gestures at them during start maneuvers in the semifinals. Said Bill Koch, who funded Mighty Mary's attempt: "If we gave him our boat, some of the women told me they'd knock holes in it first...
...unison while shackled. Clad in immaculate white uniforms (emblazoned with the words chain gang lest anyone mistake them for pastry chefs), the men are equipped with a variety of tools and not quite sure whether they should be trimming, digging or picking up litter. One makes a desultory attempt to start up a work song, but no one else joins in. Perhaps they're too busy looking forward to their lunch of bread smeared with jam. Perhaps...