Putting hypotheticals aside, BP seems to have made no attempt to achieve this equilibrium.

FORBES: BP Under Fire: Profit Versus Responsibility

We follow this strategy for our managed accounts and attempt to achieve this diversity in the Multi-driver Portfolio.

FORBES: 10 Sins Of Inflation

The government this month imposed a temporary ban on building on farmland, as it revives its attempt to achieve self-sufficiency in rice.

ECONOMIST: The food crisis revives worries about population growth

One important task for philosophers here is the attempt to achieve conceptual clarity, and offer diagnoses of why speculation can result in confusion.

ECONOMIST: Philosophy of consciousness

But if Republicans block such efforts, as seems likely, then America's great attempt to achieve universal coverage through regulated private markets will eventually collapse.

ECONOMIST: Health reform

Intense discussions have been continuing in an attempt to achieve some movement on the issues before the forthcoming local government and General Elections move the focus away from finding agreement.

BBC: Talks to revive NI peace process

Know What I Mean? is the first attempt to achieve such a goal between the covers of a book in the style and format of a hip hop album.

NPR: Author Comes to Hip-Hop Music's Defense

There will be adequate time for discussion with a view to establishing whether some coordination of UK activities in this field would be beneficial and what that coordination should attempt to achieve.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: Sharing our experience: International Capacity Building by UK Learned Societies

The consent judgment issued by a U.S. District Court in New York is the result of a lawsuit filed by the NRDC in 2010 in an attempt to achieve through litigation what it could not achieve through science-based evidence.

FORBES: Regulation By Litigation May Be Hazardous to Your Health

"I regard the invasion of the person's space sitting behind me as an unfortunate, but easily tolerated, side-effect of my attempt to achieve a modicum of comfort while flying, " wrote travel guru Arthur Frommer in his blog this year.

CNN: Air rage: Is reclining your seat a right?

Of course, we bear in mind our vital interests, but we understand the needs of the other partners as well and we clearly need the leadership of the United States -- as well as your experience and wisdom -- in the attempt to achieve it.

CNN: Visit to Syria starts week of U.S. diplomacy in Middle East

Natalie returned to Estonia, which astonishingly had managed to achieve independence, rejecting a communist attempt to take it over.

ECONOMIST: Natalie Wraga