Word: attempting
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...will attempt to continue the success that they have enjoyed this year, both as a duo and as individual players...
...guarantee the average character's downfall, or at the very least set events in motion for the tragic ending, as in Julius Caesar or Macbeth, Richard orders the death of his brother, young nephews, wife, Prince Edward, Henry VI, Rivers, Grey, Vaughan, Hastings and Buckingham. It is difficult to attempt to analyze his character psychologically because he seems so far removed from sanity, so possessed in the throes of total ambition...
...guarantee the average character's downfall, or at the very least set events in motion for the tragic ending, as in Julius Caesar or Macbeth, Richard orders the death of his brother, young nephews, wife, Prince Edward, Henry VI, Rivers, Grey, Vaughan, Hastings and Buckingham. It is difficult to attempt to analyze his character psychologically because he seems so far removed from sanity, so possessed in the throes of total ambition...
Rushdie's prose ranges from lush to breathlessly over-the-top to simply ridiculous; in an attempt to bring a more rock-and-roll feel to the work, he introduces slang, throwaway puns and silly lyrics that hinder his otherwise elegant style. He describes Vina as "Professor Vina and Crystal Vina, Holy Vina and profane Vina, Junkie Vina and Veggie Vina, Women's Vina and Vina the Sex Machine, Barren-Childless Tragic Vina and Traumatized-childhood-Tragedy Vina." Um, what was that again...
...been a while... Pope John Paul II arrived in Rumania on Friday, the first pontiff to visit Eastern Orthodox territory since Martin I was abducted there in the seventh century. And his historic attempt to heal the 945-year-old rift between the Vatican and the Eastern Orthodox Church may resonate with Slavic nationalist perceptions of the current conflict over Kosovo. "NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia is seen by many in Serbia, and other parts of the Slavic world, as evidence that the Eastern Orthodox Church faces a crusade from the West for the domination of Eastern souls," says TIME...