Word: attempts
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...indifference. The box-office curse of movies about the U.S. Mess-o-potamian escapade remained unbroken, as Damon became the latest star - after George Clooney, Jamie Foxx, Tom Cruise, Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal, not to mention the South Park guys - whose attempt to address the blood and blunders in our Mideast wars tanked with the mass audience. (See TIME's review of Green Zone...
...timing was exquisite: there was a growing realization that Bush's casus belli - WMD - was baloney. The White House went into panic mode, trying to discredit Wilson and rescue Bush's reputation; the outing of Plame made these efforts potentially felonious. The subsequent investigation devolved into a petty attempt to nail Rove and Scooter Libby on perjury charges for denying they had talked to journalists, and Rove has reason to be outraged by the fishing expedition. But it's also a diversion from the real story...
...outcome of this game carried particular importance for Harvard, as Dartmouth defeated the Crimson in a tight early-season matchup by a score of 45-44. A traditionally fast and aggressive team, the Big Green also defeated Harvard last year, ending the Crimson’s attempt at a three-peat in Ivy League titles...
...Baskind had quite a different destiny in mind for the Crimson. With only 20 seconds remaining in double overtime and a successful attempt to clear by Harvard, Baskind located the back of the net, allowing the Crimson to pull off a crucial 10-9 thriller on the road...
...Sectarian conflict erupted most profoundly in 1967, when three primarily Igbo eastern states seceded under the name Republic of Biafra, sparking a bloody three-year civil war. The attempt to break away ultimately failed, and Nigeria reintegrated the Igbo majority region in 1970. (See a TIME cover story on Nigeria...