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Example sentences for: attempt

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Stiglitz's report was, to all appearances, a sincere attempt to produce a realistic picture of the American labor market.
Therefore, he declines to join ABC News in its whiny denunciation of Metabolife's attempt to turn the tables.
… In an interview , Bill Gates vows he will attempt to settle the antitrust case against Microsoft but insists that he will not give up the right to bundle programs with Windows.
I believe the prevailing Republican opinion was largely generated from an anti-Clinton feeling, particularly after a failed attempt at removing him from office.
It would create a powerful incentive (of the kind attacked in Losing Ground ) for people not to work; it would be an attempt to help people who The Bell Curve says can't be helped anyway; and it would certainly violate What It Means to Be a Libertarian 's admonition against forcing people to pay for dubious public goods.