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I am going to attempt to see him again.
attempts burst ended everywhere few hammer house nail practical safe
I am, it is safe to say, not a practical man. The few attempts I've made to hammer in a nail have ended in broken thumbs, burst pipes, and water spraying everywhere with the house on fire.
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We have a situation ... with the police facing attempted murder and police facing violence which is on a scale that we haven't seen for many years, Peter Hain
attempt city last list profit public safety services top
We should never as a city attempt to put profit over public safety. Public safety must be at the top of the list of those services that should be the last to be cut. Eric Adams
attempted chances defense faces few half hand hurting john played second shot west
We shot better in the first half, but played better defense in the second. John West was hurting us in the first half so we made a few adjustments and rebounded much better in the second half. We didn't let him get many second chances in the second half and we put a hand in their faces when they attempted three-pointers, too.
attempts consequences divisive liberals score
Liberals need to take the advice they routinely give to conservatives: that there are consequences to their divisive rhetoric, and that in their attempts to score political points, they are also inciting violence. Gary Bauer
attempts hazardous homemade launching lived might periods principles remain time tops vivid
The periods between my 11th and 18th years remain the most vivid in my memory because this was the time of my first attempts at experimentation, which might never have been made had I lived in the city. I made hazardous investigations of the principles of flight, launching myself from the tops of haystacks with a homemade glider.
attempt believe enigma harmless interpret mad terrible though underlying
But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth. Umberto Eco
attempt bring democratic direction monster task
My most important task must be an attempt to bring the monster under democratic direction and control.
attempt believe create earth experience kick
I try to create a challenge for myself in each book. And sometimes, believe me, I just kick myself afterwards, and say, 'Why on earth did you ever attempt this, you idiot!' But I'm always better for the experience. Elizabeth George
attempt borrowed borrowing car literally needed persuade three tickets
I borrowed my friend's car the other day in an attempt to persuade my husband that we needed a car and literally this is true, in the first day of borrowing the car, I got three tickets and I rear-ended it. Emily Mortimer
attempt burning concerned eradicate ethical far hatred lower social tory
No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin. Aneurin Bevan
attempts bad bit good guys modern morally myth mythology pervasive replace shake simply
The myth of Good Guys and Bad Guys is one of the most pervasive we own, and morally grey anti-heroes are simply one of modern fiction's attempts to shake off that mythology and replace it with something a bit more honest. Richard K. Morgan
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The crime today is without doubt an attempt to destabilize the situation on the eve of parliamentary elections, Vladimir Putin
attempt central coming committee trying
The convening of the central committee is an attempt to oust me, ... And those who are trying to do this are coming with requests? Ariel Sharon
attempting call easy fact ourselves seem
The fact that we're attempting to do this at all is, I think, history-making. We call ourselves the Big Easy, but we never seem to take the easy way out. G. H. Hardy
attempt clearly fact link september walk
The fact that they are having the walk on September 11 is clearly an attempt to link the two,
attempt belfast blair bush easily fact george gives listens location mark meet outside political respect seriously sign sort states takes tony united voyage
The fact that George Bush has come to Belfast to meet Tony Blair in this location ... is in a sense a mark of respect for Tony Blair, an attempt to show outside world -- because George Bush doesn't voyage outside the United States all that easily -- it's a sign that he takes him seriously and listens to his advice. It gives him some sort of political payback,
attempts company experience friendly increasing investors proved shares strengthen
The experience with New World Development proved a company could rebuff attempts by TCI to keep increasing its holding. What New World Development did was to place shares to friendly investors to strengthen its controlling stake.
attempt bill detainees ensuring existing law mesh protecting provisions shape treated troops
We'll take a look at how the provisions mesh with existing law and we'll attempt to shape a bill that does the right things in protecting our troops and, at the same time, ensuring that detainees are treated appropriately, Duncan Hunter
attempting courses feature life major offering physicians scientists
A major feature of life at the NIH in late 1960s was the extraordinary offering of evening courses for physicians attempting to become scientists as they neared thirty. Harold E. Varmus
attempts effect large less preventive produce quantities trying using virus
I was less successful in my attempts to effect preventive vaccination against typhus by using the virus and in trying to produce large quantities of serum using large animals.
attempt campaign finance house members opponents recognize reform urge
I would urge the members of this House to see through these amendments and recognize them for what they are, nothing more than an attempt by the opponents of campaign finance reform to kill this legislation.
attempts increase mix suspect taxpayer
I suspect that there will be some mix of taxpayer subsidy and increase in premiums that attempts to partially recoup the losses.
attempt best book business buy confirm consumer expand good great public
I think it's a great attempt to popularize the book business, and boy, do we need it. It's a good thing, as we try to expand our readers, to put the public into this. I think it's important to have the consumer not only buy the book, but confirm that this is the best book of the year.
attempting changed cheap core market order uphill
I think it's a cheap stock, but it's cheap for a reason. The company's core market has changed and it's attempting to change with it in order to keep up. But it's a real uphill battle.
attempts beach deliberate seemingly seems
It also seems to be in distress. It has made two seemingly deliberate attempts to beach itself.
attempts cleared continues couple eventually good immediate qualify ryan
He continues to improve. He cleared 12-6 and had a couple good attempts at 13 feet. I think Ryan will eventually qualify for districts, that's his immediate goal.
attempted ball becomes easy gain instead line lined means might near open tackle turns yards
He lined up out of position. That means instead of being two yards from the ball carrier, you might be seven, and then what should be an easy tackle near the line becomes an attempted tackle in the open field, and a 2-yard gain turns into 10.
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He left a man on the ground dying, and he didn't attempt to render aid.
attempting bit liberation magazines people serious
So many people think they need to have serious equipment. In the magazines and the media, they see all this stylish stuff, especially on TV, and they think, That's what I need to make it work. You don't. I'm attempting a little bit of liberation here. Sally Schneider
attempt board games goes matter spend time
I like to play board games a lot with my girl, things like that. We attempt to cook. And even if it goes wrong, it doesn't matter because it's the time you spend doing it that's important. Sam Worthington
attempts connected hosts internet looking machines range sweep testing
There are so many machines connected to the Internet, you will see ... attempts to sweep a whole range of Internet addresses looking for hosts that have weaknesses. It's like testing doorknobs.