Sentences with phrase «in apparent attempt»

While in hiding in May 2013, the Kazakh government forcibly returned his wife and daughter to Almaty from Rome in an apparent attempt to pressure him to turn himself in.

-- and wrote, «I have long objected to the direction this commission has taken and, more particularly, to Moe Sihota's «smoke and mirrors» in an apparent attempt to misdirect the leaky condo victims... My submissions have focused on «systemic corruption» as a primary cause of this fiasco.

Facebook reportedly asked multiple hospitals around the country somewhat recently if they wanted to share patient information in an apparent attempt to help the healthcare institutions with certain...

Facebook is adjusting how it operates in an apparent attempt to assuage concerns that it stockpiles too much information about users, and most importantly to stay a step ahead of officials looking...

Luminaries in the bitcoin community have launched a self - regulatory body in an apparent attempt to gain a cohesive voice in the ongoing tussle with financial regulators.

Steve Jobs, in an apparent attempt to distinguish the colouring of pots and kettles, also blogged some «Thoughts on Flash» in April 2010:

In one case, several counterfeit cheques were created in an apparent attempt to take funds from the general account of a law firm's holding company.

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee holds a field hearing in Charleston, West Virginia, in an apparent attempt to thwart important stream protections in Appalachia.

(As an aside, I find it interesting that the amount of variability being assigned to NAT and INT appears to be rising in an apparent attempt to explain away the recent lack of warming).

Yet, in your apparent attempt to support all - things - Hansen, you state in # 2: «Amazingly, that's actually correct.»

This paper is a «one year anniversary» non-event, in an apparent attempt to get everyone's attention off of IPCC, Climategate, unexplained lack of warming of both the atmosphere and the upper ocean, unusually harsh winters across the northern hemisphere, loss of public confidence and trust and a host of other worries for the «alarming AGW faithful».

20 September, 1995 Testified before the House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment in an apparent attempt to weaken support for ozone protection laws.

As mentioned in Part I, Gavin Schmidt emailed Lucia Liljegren, providing «a word to the wise» in an apparent attempt to halt Climategate's promulgation.

In an apparent attempt to bolster support for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Leonardo DiCaprio is releasing a new climate change movie just days before the election.

In an apparent attempt to pre-empt the news reports, the CRA issued a statement last Friday, detailing the agency's efforts to crack down on tax evasion and tax avoidance, which intensified following the first huge leak of tax - haven records, known as the Panama Papers, in April 2016.

Amazon.com has purchased flexible touchscreen maker Touchco in an apparent attempt to beef up technology aboard its Kindle e-readers to better compete against Apple's iPad, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

In an apparent attempt to help Cadillac salespeople get more ATS and CTS models off the showroom floor, the carmaker has introduced a new cosmetic package dubbed «Black Chrome.»

In addition to collecting the bulk of the $ 110 million in Connecticut taxpayer funds paid to charter schools, Achievement First, Inc. earned its infamy from suspending record numbers of kindergarteners in an apparent attempt to push out children who don't fit the company's limited definition of appropriate students.

In an apparent attempt to expand its reach beyond that provided by the partnership with U.S. News & World Report, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) today unveiled a new interactive web site aimed at helping prospective teachers select a preparation program based on the ratings developed in NCTQ's Teacher Prep Review.

Washington — In an apparent attempt to answer criticism that he has ignored the nation's needs here at home, President Bush last week unveiled a series of domestic - policy initiatives that he said will expand individual opportunity.

In an apparent attempt to hasten along the Lost In Translation portion of his career, Ed Helms has joined forces with Academy Award - nominated misery porn director Alejandro González Iñárritu for an upcoming TV project.

One can't help but imagine what a different filmmaker might have made of this lurid, plot - hole - riddled soap opera with a body count (including a perfect over-the-top image of bourgeois degeneracy: murder by wine corkscrew) or the character of Rachel, a bad drunk whose list of past humiliations includes an incident in which she stumbled into the Watsons» house in an apparent attempt to kidnap their infant daughter.

Over the end credits, the cast sings «In the Navy» music video style with members of the Village People in an apparent attempt to help theater owners clear the theaters more quickly.

They eventually purchased 13 hectares of Iowa farmland in an apparent attempt to conceal their activities.

In an apparent attempt to upstage that, Cabrera appeared before City Hall reporters half an hour ahead of the LGBT event and insisted his YouTube comments had been distorted.

Police are investigating claims that News International deleted millions of emails from an internal archive in an apparent attempt to obstruct a police inquiry.

The constituent said that his source for the story was the New York Times, prompting Warren to joke, «Oh, you mean fake news,» in an apparent attempt to mock President Donald Trump.

Information casting the developer selection process in a favorable light was provided to another news outlet in an apparent attempt to head off the story you are reading now.

Since 1975, that total has only been exceeded four times — in 2006, when an outgoing Gov. George Pataki vetoed hundreds of bills in an apparent attempt to bolster his conservative credentials in advance of a potential 2008 presidential campaign, and three of the four years when the state was governed by Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson, and tensions between the Legislature and executive were especially high.

Speaking from inside One World Trade Center, Cuomo acknowledged the «roar» heard from Election Day but urged that «we can not lose ourselves in an apparent attempt to save ourselves.»

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he's gone to the Capitol Police about a bogus sexual - harassment complaint that has been circulated to the media in an apparent attempt to smear him.

An online newspaper, (not the Nigeria Politics Online) had claimed that heavily armed gunmen invaded the Governor's mother's residence and disarmed the octogenarian» spolice detail in an apparent attempt to abduct her.

In an apparent attempt to deal with the problem, Corbyn has made Angela Eagle the shadow first secretary of state (as well as shadow busniness secretary).

The trial also offered testimony that a lobbyist conducted government business with a number of high - ranking Administration officials through private emails — not through government email addresses — in an apparent attempt to avoid the state's openness laws celebrated during Sunshine Week.

Calls for the EC to abandon the current voters» register and compile a new one has intensified in recent days, led by the Let My Vote Count Alliance, which, two weeks ago, embarked on a demonstration which led to bloody clashes with police after some of the demonstrators veered off the approved route in apparent attempt to head to the office of the EC.

* As The Post first detailed, the group used a for - profit subsidiary called Data & Field Services in an apparent attempt to conceal some of its finances.

Bravo host Andy Cohen jumped on the F train on May 10, 2018, in an apparent attempt to escape the dreaded allergy season.

In an apparent attempt at damage control, Hain Celestial put out a press release on Monday claiming its «full line of Certified USDA Organic Formulas [is] made with pure, high quality ingredients for babies and toddlers.»

A story in Chile reported that Alexis Sanchez received a personal phone call from Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, in an apparent attempt to convince the Chilean superstar to join him at the Etihad.

In an apparent attempt to strengthen the squad, Mundo Deportivo have reported that they could be eyeing a raid on Valencia for Carlos Soler this summer, with the 20 - year - old having an $ 80m release clause in his contract.

That's probably not much solace to Fresno State, though, given what happened next: Tedford rushed onto the field in an apparent attempt to call timeout and, maybe, ask for a review.

In an apparent attempt to rock your Monday, Kanye West has finally made The Life of Pablo available on all streaming services.

Investigators said Paddock killed 59 people and planned the massacre so meticulously that he set up a camera in the peephole of his hotel room in an apparent attempt to spot anyone coming for him.

A bot is thought to be behind the posting of thousands of messages to the FCC's website, in an apparent attempt to influence the results of a public solicitation for feedback on net neutrality.

Dell, for instance, last week pledged to spend an astounding $ 125 billion in China over the next five years in an apparent attempt to revitalize its struggling business.

Another account aimed at African - Americans promoted the candidacy of the Green Party's Jill Stein, in an apparent attempt to pull votes from Clinton.

Not exact matches

Campaign Contacts with Foreign Persons When it became apparent that my father - in - law was going to be the Republican nominee for President, as normally happens, a number of officials from foreign countries attempted to reach out to the campaign.

Shares in the company were once again sliding on Monday after the company's C.E.O., Elon Musk, joked on April 1 that Tesla had gone bankrupt, an apparent attempt to make light of concerns that the electric car maker is straining under its debt load.

Could the Western woman's apparent need to get up early to wash, dry, straighten, curl or lacquer her hair in an attempt to look attractive be just as oppressive as being forced to cover your head?

For me this lead to much searching and exegesis in an attempt to resolve the apparent conflicts within.