Valiunis makes an attempt to find in the canon writers more sympathetic to a business life.

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Following a few days down in a row, the market usually makes an attempt to keep the short sellers honest by bouncing higher, especially the most oversold issues.

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When a drugmaker introduces a "new and improved" version of an old pill about to lose patent protection, it usually stops marketing the older one and makes an allout attempt to get doctors to switch to the new version.

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The Edwards report also makes no mention of an attempt to push limited-liability partnership legislation through the Jersey parliament in 1995, at the request of two international accountancy firms.

ECONOMIST: Offshore financial centres

Peers then turn to the third reading of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill - where there may be an attempt to press an amendment for a "sunset clause" on the changes it makes to planning powers to impose a quota for affordable housing in new developments.

BBC: Week ahead

Yesterday, I emailed Bie 10 questions about the magazine and the flyfishing industry, in an attempt to get to the core of what makes him and his magazine tick.

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