Sentences with phrase «mostly unsuccessful efforts»

«I think of Bloomberg's millions the same way I do the millions Steyer flushed down the toilet last year — flotsam,» Laura Sheehan of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity said, referring to the millions San Francisco billionaire and environmentalist crusader Tom Steyer spent last year in mostly unsuccessful efforts to elect candidates committed to government programs to combat alleged man - made climate change.

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Until the FBI raided his office, home and hotel room in April, President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, was known mostly for his star turns on cable television as his client's most cringe - worthy defender, along with his spectacularly unsuccessful effort to silence a porn...
The effort was mostly unsuccessful, raising their weekly wage two dollars.
All eyes are on King and Castrejón to see if the new relationship they have begun through back - channel meetings will result in success — by no means a guarantee, as other LA reform efforts have proved mostly unsuccessful, such as the oft - criticized Annenberg Challenge grants in the 1990s.
Their efforts were mostly unsuccessful, however; 28 passengers whose visas had been issued after May 5 were permitted to disembark but most were prohibited.
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