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We're attempting to contract for materials, such as rock, super sand bags, cranes, and also for modes of transportation like barges and helicopters, to close the gap and stop the flow of water.

We're attempting to drive a wedge between red state senators and liberal interest groups.

We're attempting to help marketers use offline data that has traditionally been used to support direct mail campaigns to further enhance their e-mail and online initiatives. What we're proposing is that you can take a deeper look at your online customers by appending demographic and psychographic data, and that can help you analyze your messaging more effectively.

We're attempting to help people move through the pilgrimage from being victims to being victors for the Lord,

Well, I think that I've been learning how to, attempting to learn how to write for a trio. I've sort of taken a page out of Duke Ellington's book. I watched Ellington over the years and it didn't matter who got in that band, he found out what they could do good and then he wrote for them.

We're not the antidote. We're not attempting to be the opposition choice.

We do believe it's a trend where smugglers are attempting to go underground after 9/11 as a result of the heightened security.

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.

Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all - they are attempting nothing new.

Freedom. It's like no constraints, an opening, and then barriers going away and lifting and breaking and experimentation and...it's like attempting for something.

There are many tough conversations, but one of the most difficult is between a parent and an adolescent daughter, partly because as a parent we are almost always attempting to relate to someone who is no longer there.

The reason we left was out of protest over the way the bishop is handling this and how he is attempting to crush Father Ed over such a simplistic thing.

This is systems security for the Central Intelligence Agency. We would like to know why you are attempting to hack one of our classified databases.

What the string theorists do is arguably physics. It deals with the physical world. They're attempting to make a consistent theory that explains the interactions we see among particles and gravity as well. That's certainly physics, but it's a kind of physics that is not yet testable.

We have no group that's claimed responsibility. It could be any number of groups attempting to operate inside Iraq.

We were attempting to put that apparatus on him yesterday, ... But as soon as we unshackled his hands to move them from the back to the front that's when he started to struggle.

We were attempting to restore the culture of Britain for the British, ... But the English, in particular, aren't comfortable with their own culture. To be taken seriously, it has to come from somewhere else. So we remained a cult band.

We have said for the last couple of weeks that we have seen the enemy starting to attack soft targets, Iraqi targets, rather than military targets, ... He is attempting to intimidate the people of Iraq. He will not succeed.

Live in such a way that unless God shows up what you're attempting to do is bound to fail. This is the nature of the Gospel.

We believe that gold is attempting to find a range with the recent extremes of $535 and $555 likely to confine the metal for a while.

We're extremely troubled by the prospect that the legislature is attempting to hold our proposed merger hostage, and to that end we will be considering all options, including the legal route.

We're not apologizing for printing the cartoon. I do personally to any caller, letter-writer, anybody that comes in. We're not attempting to offend a certain ethnicity, race, or religion. It just so happens in this case that one was offended, and we did know that going in.

The perception in Silicon Valley is that if you dress well, you couldn't possibly be smart, or you're in P.R. but couldn't possibly run a company. I remember briefly attempting the Adidas and jeans and sweatshirt over T-shirt look, but I realized I was trying to dress like a young tech geek, and that just wasn't me.

We are attempting not only to show the great movies of the past, but we are also reproducing the very experience that people saw it in when these films were first released.

We are attempting to give the public around the world the opportunity to be involved in very real space missions.

We are attempting to offer the program statewide.

With these actions, we are attempting to achieve channel inventories that support ODM by the end of the second quarter. Our outlook for the second quarter is cautious as we continue to assess the North American commercial market environment.

What we are doing is attempting to open it up to appeal to the broad base of the community. There's a lot of things to delineate, particularly with the short time frame to get it on the ballot for June.

What we are really attempting to do here is make sure you have antibody defense after you stop the antibiotics, ... Should one of those dormant spores come around, we can then take care of it.

Every member of this committee should be offended by the ... wild spin that was just put on by Mr. Lindsey in attempting to somehow send a message to Monica Lewinsky that she has been undermined by the president of the United States and thus set her up to be angry at the president in case she's called as a witness, ... We're no fools.

Everyone's gone out today, attempting to carry on their normal activities. We're just carrying on with our scheduled activities.

Attempting to develop a piece of land without doing the appropriate due diligence can lead to unexpected surprises during the project. Failing to do so is one of the main reason as to why companies can go bankrupt after the project has commenced.

Attempting to exploit converged services purely to squeeze more cash from consumers on a traditional subscription model will not work.

attempting to play both the race and the class-warfare cards.

Attempting to reunify her with Aida is the worst thing that could possibly happen. I can think of a million scenarios better than that. I have lost faith that she will ever improve her parenting skills.

We've been pleased with the response from the community, from both people that have children and the business community. They know we are attempting to put together a quality program for all the students.

As the potential for devastation from Hurricane Rita increased, investors grew more worried about the impact that the third strongest Atlantic hurricane on record would have on both local and national businesses, through structural damage and the loss of oil supply. With oil and gas production still attempting to recover from Katrina, this new force could cause even greater disruption, with already almost 14 percent of U.S. oil production shut down.

The suspect became angry and began cutting the victim. It appears that she sustained a wound to the top of her head and on her left arm while the victim was attempting to defend himself. She was taken to the hospital, treated and released.

The secretary of state and Rick Perry must be very afraid to throw up all the roadblocks they're attempting to throw up against us which are both unlawful and unconstitutional. The partisan secretary of state is doing all he can to deny the people a real choice for change in November. The governor certainly is calling the shots.

These asset sales are indicative of a company in trouble, attempting to head off a near-term liquidity crunch.

These asset sales are indicative of a company in trouble attempting to head off a near-term liquidity crunch.

The state and the city of Indianapolis are really attempting to pick up the pace a little bit. It's hard to say what corporations are doing.

The State is attempting to prove to you that no relationship existed.

When you journey by bus, you are attempting to relate to the common man and woman,

We watched the U.S. citizenship immigration services web site in March. They had six million, two hundred thousand hits, and two million people downloaded applications for citizenship. So what we're doing is attempting to help people in that process.

The school district is attempting to change the beliefs of students without their parents' consent.

It would appear that someone's attempting to make this audit political, and we are not going to let that happen. We are going to take the time we need to do a full and accurate report.

This situation in Flint is a dramatic example of GM's 'America last' strategy, in which the corporation is attempting to radically downsize its American work force in favor of exploiting less-than-poverty level wages in other countries,

There is nothing more challenging and rewarding than attempting to succeed with a business in the real world.

Perhaps against that background, it is easier for us to understand exactly what it is the French and the Germans, in their hope and their expectation, what has united us in attempting to achieve the disarmament of Iraq by peaceful means,

People have actually placed a bid on behalf of somebody else. The person selling the item is bidding on it. We've talked to these folks and we've come away really convinced they were doing it for a friend or family member that didn't have an eBay account. Also, people have done it because they are attempting to drive up the price on their own item.

Princeton is attempting here to attain a leadership role, a national leadership role, in something that we have come to see as a national problem.

Failure is permanent only when a person quits attempting to succeed.

Without programs like this, it would be nearly impossible for our department to upgrade to modern technology for our volunteers to be able to effectively communicate between not only themselves, but other departments as well. This is a crucial update that we have been attempting to complete since the county first started talking about upgrading their systems a few years ago.

The government in seeking this data is not attempting to obtain information about individual computer users. Our sole intent is to make the Internet safer for our youth.

The government is attempting to build a circumstantial case against this man after holding him for 3 1/2 years.

The government is now attempting to fashion a more effective tax policy to rein in the budget deficit and contain debt.

During the last three weeks ... we should have been reading and hearing about the remarkable stories of athletes attempting to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team in the sport of skeleton. We have instead heard about serious allegations of misconduct. This story has taken a great deal of attention away from the athletes.

Despite what Mr. Mattingly might say, the temporary restraining order did raise serious constitutional issues about government attempting to muzzle the press. It was a mistake from the beginning that has now been resolved.

Defensively, we had the six errors, but we were attempting to make plays. You have to look for bright spots. Our pitchers threw strikes and we only struck out once.

During the course of the drive, he sexually assaults her by attempting to touch her inappropriately. She does kind of keep pushing him away and expressing that she's not interested, but he does keep touching her. He does let her out at the destination that she chooses when they come into the Annandale area.

A little bit here and a little bit there, we are attempting to address the transportation infrastructure needs. I think the big difference here is the Senate is proposing long-term sustainable structural financing, which is exactly what you need.

You should never assume contempt for that which it is not very manifest that you have it in your power to possess, nor does a wit ever make a more contemptible figure than when, in attempting satire, he shows that he does not understand that which he would make the subject of his ridicule.

This has been a very demanding time for everybody involved, whether it?s the people on boats attempting to do a rescue or the family members whom I?m sure are totally in shock and don?t want to believe this has happened to their loved ones.

This improves our ability to deter, detect and apprehend individuals conducting illegal activity, including smugglers, terrorists and people attempting to illegally enter our country,

Quitting smoking is a hard thing to do, and it's important to provide as much help and encouragement as we can to the person attempting to quit.

Pretty much what we started out with was basketball. We're attempting to get business to sponsor basketball teams,

Email scammers are attempting to fleece the innocent out of money, and it is the naive who are most at risk of ending up penniless. This scam contains spelling mistakes and typos, but even if the scammer had done a better job at presenting himself professionally people need to learn that there is no such thing as a free lunch. If an unsolicited email makes extravagant promises then computer users should be extremely wary.

Essentially we have been going house to house talking with them about the risk, offering the vaccine and attempting to collect specimens to see if the virus has been spreading. Some families have said, 'No, thank you, we do not want to interact with you at all.' Other families have said, 'Sure, we'll get vaccinated. We'll provide specimens.

We have serious concerns about how far this bill goes into issues completely unrelated to the illicit behavior Congress is attempting to stop.

This year's winners showed extraordinary initiative and creativity while attempting to tell stories of how wars and internal conflicts impact the lives of everyday people. Journalism as a public service was the Kurt Schork tradition, and this year's winners exemplify his legacy.

This shows that criminals are attempting to stay ahead of the game by trying to evade detection at British ports.

I value an entrepreneur I can get behind and trust, because I know they are attempting to move forward in life.

This Council has a shameful record of treating nationalists as second class citizens and of attempting to deny any expression and recognition of the nationalist tradition in the city boundaries.

This is an end of summer musical celebration that draws people from all over the globe to experience Detroit music, jazz in particular. We're evolving, that's all. We aren't morphing in to a different festival, just changing the construct a little bit. We're retaining the historical element and adding some things. Blues, funk, soul, gospel -- these are not strangers to Detroit or to folks who enjoy jazz, including me. We need to reach out to a younger audience, and we're attempting to do that.

Younger British Asian women are increasingly self-harming and attempting suicide at rates two to three times above the national average.

This is an unacceptable proposal ... He (Berlusconi) is now trying to dodge the outcome and attempting to put pressure on the majority.

This is not a quickie, exploitation book attempting to capitalize on the worldwide publicity ultimately generated by Terri's story, ... This is the powerful, insightful and definitive story, told by a dedicated and hard-working journalist who made it her business, after nearly three years of covering this life-and-death conflict, to bring it to the attention of the national and international media.

In many ways, states attempting to shore up corporate tax collections are fighting a losing battle against economic reality,

In between shooting for 'Awake,' I was attempting to have my own pilot season. The audition for 'Anger Management' actually came during a week that I was already testing for a couple other shows and we weren't really letting any other shows into the mix.

Indeed, all existing evidence demonstrates that he was shocked and surprised that it had occurred and spent weeks, if not months, attempting to find out why,

I know that there are many on the Space Coast who are already attempting to address job creation and I intend to support them in every way possible. I will be a hands-on participant.

In attempting to trace the history of a language, one will very soon find oneself obliged to trace the history of a language family.

If she's attempting to appeal to the right wing, it's a losing proposition. They're not going to vote for her anyway.

I had met my now wife, Sheryl, and was attempting my first try at monogamy, which was not really in my nature at the time, and I wasn't able to do it.

I have not been critical of Paula and I haven't spoken to anyone about the World Championships. Also, I would never call anybody stupid for attempting a double." ()

I have no problem with Daniel attempting to find out what his status may be in the upcoming draft. This is a good rule put in place for players to explore their draft status.

In society, we have to earn other things of import like trust, respect, money, education, careers, status and etc., so naturally, we find ourselves attempting to earn love, acceptance and validation along with that. Here's the trip: we do it at the cost of other people and, more importantly, ourselves.

In some future America, there could be a plausible Michael Bloomberg path to the Democratic nomination. I would love to read a column by a smart person actually attempting to persuade me of this, using evidence.

in the last few months, a series of publications have come out with the intention of attempting to defame the president or members of his family; trying to raise doubts about the honor and reliability of the president.

I've heard it's a greater problem in high school with young kids. Baseball is attempting to clean it up by testing. That's where it starts. It appears to be cleaner now than a couple years ago because of the testing.

Sling Media is attempting to answer demand that doesn't even exist. It's going to be a lot of marketing investments to build awareness.

I hope this sends a message out to anyone attempting to do this that we are actively looking for cigarette smugglers, and the courts are on our side.

Taking advantage of people during a disaster is a horrible act. Any person or business attempting to unfairly profit from the suffering of hurricane victims will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Violators will go to jail,

The Auburn event isn't designed to surprise anyone. Instead, we're attempting to stress the emergency responding system for practice and to learn.

The biggest thing that it's focused on is attempting to grow the business atmosphere statewide.

Anyone who chooses to do anything that alters the outcome of the positions in this race or in the Chase, we will act quickly and severely, ... If we see anyone attempting to manipulate the outcome of this race, the Chase, or any race from here on out, we will handle it. You've never seen that here, and you never will.

It transpired that Saddam Hussein was attempting to make some kind of speech or have some kind of discussion with the judge outside of what the judge had directly asked him,

not only has Sen. Frist likely engaged in illegal activity, he has also been attempting to cover up his actions by suddenly finding a conflict of interest that he never before recognized. Sen. Frist would be wise to consider Martha Stewart's case as he continues down this path.

Once again, I believe that Netscape either is attempting to rewrite history or deliberately misled me and my colleagues during our June 1995 discussions.