Word: attempt
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Although an attempt was made last year to reenact rent control, the petition to return the question to the ballot was thrown out on technicalities...
...tuition increases for public colleges are an attempt to make up for the failure of state appropriations to allow for growth and still remain competitive," Ehrenberg said...
Having proven its national prowess with six consecutive wins against teams as far away as California and North Carolina, the Harvard women's soccer team will attempt to assert local dominance when it hosts upstart Boston University tomorrow at Ohiri Field...
...returned. Rather than keep him in prison forever, or until Cambodia relents, the appeals court interpreted immigration law so as to require the INS to release him subject to parole-like requirements, including regular meetings with officers and strict travel limitations. If the INS is worried that Ma would attempt to evade a future deportation arrangement, keeping him under these requirements would be far more appropriate than keeping him incarcerated after he has served his sentence and paid his debt to society...
Police traced the credit card used in the purchase and discovered it had been reported stolen from Morgan Hall at the Harvard Business School on Oct 5., the day before the crime. As a result, they were on guard when a second attempt was made to pick up the computers...