Word: attempt
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Second, these private censors are working to create a legal climate in which every attempt to resist censorship, explain how censorship functions or even subject censorware to normal consumer protection principles, is prohibited. These aren't free speech issues, the lawyers for the new corporate censors say, but simple problems of "copyright infringement" or "trade secrets...
...regulations, for example, attempt to tackle how the University differentiates teaching outside of Harvard, which is forbidden, from the distribution of academic material, which is permitted...
...have watched this past "Jesus Week" with interest. Although I am an atheist, I am strongly opposed to proselytizing my beliefs. I believe that religion is a personal matter. It would be crass for me (or other atheists) to attempt to prove that atheism is the highest truth. Proselytizing is simply incompatible with respect for other belief systems...
...Earlier this month, when Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson found that Microsoft had abused its monopoly power, the firm vowed to appeal - an apparent attempt, at least in part, to quell investor concerns over the future of the firm. The appeals process is expected to drag on for at least two years, an eternity in tech time. But on news of the proposed remedy, investor concerns appear to be in full force once again. Before 10 a.m. on Monday, Microsoft had dropped more than 12 dollars per share to $66.63. After steady gainst throughout the second half of last week...
...Friday media reports, based on extensive official leaks, of federal agents gathering for a forceful intervention may be a calculated attempt to raise the psychological pressure on Lazaro Gonzalez to hand the boy over quietly. The feds are unlikely to move over the Easter weekend, which begins Friday, and if the protesters are expecting them Monday, they may wait a couple of days. But as government officials told the media, off the record, when it happens it's unlikely to be pretty. After all, having come this far the Cuban-American leadership may have little to gain - and much...