• McDonald's paid an undisclosed amount to be the official coffee-purveyor, in an attempt to persuade designers that they do not have to drink designer coffee.

    ECONOMIST: Creative destruction meets haute couture

  • That tempts governments to shout ever louder in an attempt to get the public to listen and nowhere do they do so more stridently than in Britain.

    ECONOMIST: Public health

  • Your opinions, which are often offered in an attempt to connect through collusion, do not help your team, but instead plague them with doubt and uncertainty that the business is heading in the wrong direction.

    FORBES: Check Your Opinions At The Door

  • Last week's action heralded a genuine return to core values--healthy eating--and an attempt to do that in a way that is real, substantial and genuine.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • To be fair, Edlund and Korn were merely building an admittedly grossly simplified model of human behavior in an attempt to answer a nagging question: Why do hookers make so much money?

    FORBES: The Economics Of Prostitution

  • Still in its early prototype stages, the device is an attempt to do for 3D scanning what the Replicator and its ilk have done for printing -- i.e. democratize the process in such a way that makes it affordable and user-friendly enough to make it an appealing prospect for hobbyists and later consumers.

    ENGADGET

  • Notably, however, Pope Francis did not join those Jesuits who became enamored in the last century with "liberation theology, " an attempt to do the impossible and blend Marxism with Christianity.

    WSJ: Review & Outlook: A Pope From the People

  • Initially we do this under the chargeback scheme in an attempt to recover the funds.

    BBC: Debit card customers tied down by time limit on refunds

  • Waste Land is an inspiring documentary that follows Brazilian artist Vik Muniz in his attempt to do just that.

    FORBES: Movie Review: Waste Land

  • So it is unlikely that, having slashed rates from September through April in an attempt to cushion the economy from the recessionary impact of the subprime credit crisis, the Fed will do anything in the near future.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • As for universities varying the grades students need to get on courses depending on their background - and the use of what is called "contextual data" - some already do that, but the sector will resist any attempt to bring in an across-the-board rule on it.

    BBC: Education & Family

  • He said it was an attempt to do away with app-centred systems that were a legacy of the computer world in which people clicked on an icon to start a program.

    BBC: Facebook's release of 'home' spurs privacy worries

  • If someone's claim is judged to be unfounded, and they do not take immediate steps to leave the UK, this support is usually withdrawn in an attempt to encourage them to leave.

    BBC: Asylum seekers 'living off hand-outs'

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