• Later this year a rocket incorporating the new motor will make an attempt on the UK rocket altitude record, which stands at 10, 540 m (34, 579 ft) and is held by the Mars group.

    BBC: Hybrid success for British rocket

  • The Obama campaign decided more than a year ago to define Mr. Romney early, on its terms, in an attempt to make the election at least in part a referendum on him and his business record rather than what most re-election campaigns tend to be, which is a referendum on the incumbent.

    WSJ: Campaign 2012: Parties Seek Positives in Negative Tone

  • The Corona, created under the guidance of Gene Bauman, VP and General Manager of SMCC's Desktop Systems and Workstations Product Group, represents Sun's attempt to make good on many of the promises that it failed to deliver a couple of years ago.

    FORBES: Sun's Ultra-Secret PC-Killer

  • Mr Clementi declined to comment on whether the group would make another attempt to sell off Egg.

    BBC: NEWS | Business | Pru shares rise as chief removed

  • Altavista's move is seen as an attempt to make up ground on Freeserve, MSN and the other multitude of UK ISPs.

    BBC: The growth of Altavista

  • The improvements extend to both sides of the ball, as the new read and react defensive AI ensures that defenders must see the ball before they attempt to make a play on it.

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  • "Point of No Return, " for instance, chronicled Jonny Copp and Micah Dash (the latter whom I knew) and their attempt to make a first ascent on a peak in China.

    WSJ: Banff Mountain Festival | A Nature for the Great Outdoors | By Michael J. Ybarra

  • However it was not enough to discourage me, so I went on to persevere in an attempt to try to make the picture as well as I had imagined.

    BBC: Lightning really does strike twice

  • Worse still, in a desperate attempt to make the weekend, McIlroy gave up on his new sponsor's putter the Nike Method and went back to his tried and trusted short stick, one designed by Scotty Cameron and made by Nike's archrival of the golf manufacturing world, Titleist.

    WSJ: Rory McIlroy, Nike Hoping for Long-Term Benefit

  • As the senior race started and began to climb Pleinmont hill it was clear that the Guernsey riders wanted to make an impact on the race attacked their Jersey counterparts in an attempt to get riders away before finally Tony Bleasdale managed to break away from the group.

    BBC: Guernsey riders wrap up road race

  • This figure has been coming down, but a half-hearted attempt last year to make drastic cuts brought the miners on to the streets of Bonn.

    ECONOMIST: Coal in Europe

  • "It looks like it is a very meaningful, deliberate attempt on the part of the government here to make Sharjah the cultural hub of the region, " Bilal says.

    CNN: Creating an international arts hub in the Middle East

  • On the fiscal policy side, there was no attempt to make an aggressive fiscal stance in one blow get the economy going.

    FORBES: Round Table

  • Please -- tell me that Mr. Noer's article on why career women don't make good wives is simply a failed attempt at journalistic parody.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • He was granted bail on condition that he reside at an undisclosed address and that he make no attempt to contact Ferguson or any potential other witnesses.

    BBC: Duncan Ferguson

  • Wealthy nations are busy debasing their currency in an attempt to lower debt service costs and make their products more attractive on the world market.

    FORBES: How And When Does The 'Real' Currency War Begin?

  • Behind the scenes, there are ongoing discussions on softening the burden for smaller deposits, in an attempt to make the measure more politically palatable and economically enticing.

    FORBES: Too Many Cuts, Not Enough Band Aids For The EURO

  • The IRS also is keeping a close eye on contributions to make sure taxpayers aren't secretly socking away extra money in an attempt to rack up tax-free earnings.

    WSJ: IRA Rules Get Trickier

  • Like Bleriot, he went to bed on the night of 24 July having requested an early alarm call so he could make an attempt.

    BBC: The other pilot

  • The report says that Libya should impose a moratorium on the death penalty and guarantee the protection of migrants, many of whom attempt to make their way across the Mediterranean to Europe.

    BBC: MEPs call for better treatment of refugees by Libya

  • But indoors there is too much emphasis on super close-ups and skewed angles, which sometimes comes off as a forced attempt to make this Eyre distinct from the others.

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  • House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia said the goal was to "make sure all women are safe, " and he described the Republican version as an attempt to "improve on" what the Senate sent over.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • "Obviously, we have to make free throws, especially myself, " said Pondexter, who was slapped on his right arm by Jackson on his attempt at the tying 3-pointer.

    NPR: Durant, Thunder Edge Grizzlies 93-91 In Game 1

  • The Welshman was on target again eight minutes later to make it 6-3 and then struck the upright with a mammoth penalty attempt from 50 metres as the match entered its final quarter.

    BBC: Leeds 3-6 Sale

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