Word: attempting
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HAARC filed a motion for reconsideration on April 11 in an attempt to halt construction until the original complaint could be heard in court...
...attempt to build a coalition between progressive and radical activists on campus seemed like a very good one, and especially as it begins under the leadership of West and Adiele," said Jace Clayton '97, a member of SOS who attended the meeting. "There seems to be sort of an uprising of activism on campus, so I'm very hopeful...
Writer Valerie J. MacMillan's sophomoric article, on the other hand, was strikingly one-sided--based almost entirely on interviews with disgruntled former assistants to Professor Gary R. Orren. The vindictive tone of the article is a sorry attempt to soil the reputation of a well-respected member of the faculty who has made important contributions to both Harvard and the community at large...
...fairness, Rudenstine's critics have not been entirely just. True, Rudenstine's attempt to link the diversity of yesterday to that of today speaks, perhaps unconsciously, from the liberal side of the political debate. But the 58-page report is a lucidly written study of the long-standing movement within Harvard to diversify the student body for its own good. In this sense, the report's novelty is to show that "diversity" has a link with the past that pre-dates the current political clime...
...true that by pursuing affirmative action, Harvard undertakes a commitment to diversity that extends beyond equality of opportunity narrowly construed. Yet it does so in an attempt to affirmatively contribute to remedying the social and economic barriers that tend to limit opportunity for some minority groups...