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While the team has depleted from the six-man super-team originally announced, Michael Rogers will still have Leigh Howard and Matthew Goss to support his title attempt.
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Unlike most Darpa projects, which are meant to pay off years or decades in the future, this would be a near-term attempt.
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Forty-four percent were against the mayor's third-term attempt.
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Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle D appears to have survived a recall attempt.
Beyond the State of the Union: What's next? Chris Cillizza 2011
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The Stars had a prime scoring chance with 15: 32 left but Nabokov smothered the puck on Brian Sutherby's close-in attempt.
USATODAY.com 2008
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What a weak and cowardly media not to call him on his spin attempt.
Think Progress » Livingston: The Deficit is All Clinton’s Fault 2005
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The pan-blue stopped their movement after the unsuccessful recall attempt.
Incommunicado at Media Central, Central Taiwan Michael Turton 2006
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The pan-blue stopped their movement after the unsuccessful recall attempt.
Incommunicado at Media Central, Central Taiwan Michael Turton 2006
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It is easy to say the monorail project is not what we bargained for, but in fairness, neither is the recall attempt.
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He then beat Geovany Soto's throw to second on a pitchout off a stolen base attempt when Pierre lifted his left arm on the headfirst slide and moved it into second base around Starlin Castro's tag attempt.
Chicago White Sox News Scott Merkin 2010
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