Word: attempt
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They and dozens of other area students joined thousands who gathered in the nation's capital in an attempt to derail yesterday's and today's meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Similar efforts last year resulted in the premature ending of a Seattle meeting of the World Trade Organization...
...assertions by anti-gun activists tell women to fear guns. Arguments that an attacker (presumably male) would wrest a gun from a woman's control or that a woman with a gun would be more likely to hurt a family member than a criminal are clear sexist fallacies that attempt to rob women of agency, suggesting that they have no control over their own actions. Both are insults to the intelligence and independence of women...
That was Baird Professor of History Mark A. Kishlansky's description of the "billions of dollars flowing back and forth and around" the University and its schools. Kishlansky's frustration with the system is not unfounded. In an attempt to figure out how and where all this money is spent, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Committee on Resources, of which Baird is a member, presented a report last week that suggested the central administration incorporate more Faculty input into University decision-making. Specifically, the committee recommended that President Neil L. Rudenstine create a formal mechanism, such...
...central administration is not to view these proposals as a sinister attempt by the faculties to wrest control of University expenditures, but as a reasonable effort to understand what has become an incomprehensible spending system. Rudenstine has said he would "consider" the requests of the FAS committee. For the good of the University, he must do much more...
...dealing with a swarm of killer bees, don't attempt to outsmart them. If you leap into a nearby swamp to escape them, they'll be waiting for you when you come up for air. This time...