Two other traditions for welcoming the New Year are a midnight kiss and an attempt to sing a song that almost no one knows.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

There is no attempt to deceive.

不要尝试欺骗。

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But there would be no further attempt to make it a slave state.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

He said, "The election of a man to the presidency by the American people, under the Constitution, is no reason for any attempt to dissolve this glorious nation."

VOA: special.2009.07.09

He says such an attempt would lead to "so much bloodshed that no one could justify."

VOA: standard.2010.04.12