Attempting to prove that the LSD alone had not been the cause of death, Ronald K. Siegel of UCLA repeated a variant of West's experiment on two elephants ; he administered to two elephants equivalent doses ( in milligrams per kilogram ) to that which had been given to Tusko, mixing the LSD in their drinking water rather than directly injecting it as had been done with Tusko.

Attempting to save himself after a disastrous Persian-sponsored expedition in 499 BC, Aristagoras chose to declare Miletus a democracy.

Attempting to decide is further confused because Hermóðr also seems to be sometimes the name of a god and sometimes the name of a hero.

Attempting to resolve the issue, in 1994, the IUPAC proposed the name joliotium ( Jl ), after the French physicist Frédéric Joliot-Curie, which was originally proposed by Soviet team for element 102, later named nobelium.

* 1943 – World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.

Attempting to avenge the assault on his wife, Frank and the Ku Klux Klan raid the shanty town whereupon Frank is shot dead.

Attempting to define an " author " of the joke hence becomes impossible, and it becomes a publicly owned resource, simply because no one could validly claim legitimate ownership.

Attempting to arrest the prophet for his bold words of defiance, Jeroboam's hand was " dried up ," and the altar before which he stood was rent asunder.

* 1927 – Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappeared after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.

Attempting to contain spreading Soviet influence in Eastern Europe, Truman asked Congress to restore a peacetime military draft and to swiftly pass the Economic Cooperation Act, the name given to the Marshall Plan.

Attempting to steal pretzels, they fall into a vat of dough.

Attempting to fit the data too carefully leads to overfitting.

Attempting to crack passwords by trying as many possibilities as time and money permit is a brute force attack.

Attempting to defeat the Shah once and for all, Suleiman embarked upon a second campaign in 1548 – 1549.

Attempting to develop a realistic personality, the Doctor not only manufactured a holographic family, he had an increasing number of other " human " experiences.

Attempting to prevent schizophrenia in the prodrome phase is of uncertain benefit and therefore as of 2009 is not recommended.

Attempting to access a unit larger than a byte at an unaligned address can cause a bus error.

Attempting to repeat their earlier successes, the Whigs nominated popular General Winfield Scott, who lost decisively to the Democrats ' Franklin Pierce.

Attempting to capitalize on the possibility that the text of the United States Code can differ from the United States Statutes at Large, Bancroft-Whitney for many years published a series of volumes known as United States Code Service ( USCS ), which used the actual text of the United States Statutes at Large.

Attempting to rein in the escalating cost of the project, Hughes began questioning Utzon's capability, his designs, schedules and cost estimates, refusing to pay running costs.

Attempting to interpret the likelihood of a hypothesis given observed evidence as the probability of the hypothesis is a common error, with potentially disastrous real-world consequences in medicine, engineering or jurisprudence.

* November 11 – The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius a public enemy and Licinius is proclaimed Augustus, while rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar of Britain and Gaul.

When Taraki was ousted, Amin promised " from now on there will be no one-man government ..." Attempting to pacify the population, he released a list of some 18, 000 people who had been executed and blamed the executions on Taraki.

Attempting to make a citizen's arrest of the district attorney " to bring attention to the unscrupulous means by which government and Anglo settlers had usurped Hispanic land grant properties ", an armed struggle in the courthouse ensued resulting in Tijerina and his group fleeing to the south with two prisoners as hostages.

Attempting to reconcile the conflicting results, the Cahill team suggested that the high concentrations found by McCrone were due to a combination of contamination from modern dust, and poor sample selection ( i. e. choosing contaminant particles like those in the split ); however, they also chose not to publish or publicise Möller's loose particle study.

Attempting to express the " language of the common man ", Wordsworth and his fellow Romantic poets focused on employing poetic language for a wider audience, countering the mimetic, tightly constrained Neo-Classic poems ( although it's important to note that the poet wrote first and foremost for his / her own creative, expression ).

Attempting to apply quantum mechanics to the study of black holes, Stephen Hawking discovered that a hole should emit energy with the characteristic spectrum of thermal radiation.

Attempting to disguise blood alcohol levels should be an offence.

Attempting to collect rain data in a hurricane can be nearly impossible and unreliable ( even if the equipment survives ) due to wind extremes.

Attempting to pressure fry using a first generation pressure cooker can be very dangerous.

Attempting to avoid these problems, he placed the existing components in a case with additional " slots ", so that the missing components could be plugged in later when they became available.

Attempting to positively bias the anode within this time causes the thyristor to be self-triggered by the remaining charge carriers ( holes and electrons ) that have not yet recombined.

* Attempting to be licensed as a barrister, solicitor, accountant or insurance broker

Attempting to simulate this real-world process of tracing light rays using a computer can be considered extremely wasteful, as only a minuscule fraction of the rays in a scene would actually reach the eye.

Attempting to flee from the clones with Doomsday, the Superman Family discover that their ship is now on course for Earth with the potential to trigger an extinction-level-event if it strikes, only for their attempt to divert the ship being interrupted by a being called ' Doomslayer ', resembling a cyborg version of Doomsday-later revealed to be a Doomsday who was tossed down an infinite tube that gave it time to evolve -, who effortlessly tears Eradicator apart and proclaims that Earth must die for the future.

Attempting to rationalize Superman's powers, it was under Weisinger's watch that the " concept that in a world circling a yellow sun opposed to Krypton's red sun his powers are multiplied " came to be introduced to the Superman mythology.

Attempting to reach a compromise between the death and pleasing his fans, Presley filmed an extra scene and recorded an extra verse to the title track to be played over the end credits.

Attempting to solve the mystery of this " unearthly child ," Ian and Barbara follow Susan back home to a junkyard, where they hear her voice coming from what appears to be a police box.

Attempting to solve the mystery of the " unearthly child ," Ian and Barbara follow Susan back to the junkyard, where they hear her voice coming from what appears to be a police box.

* Attempting to discretize properties that would be better viewed as a continuum.

Attempting to set an example for all businesses, in 1979 Scott declared there would be no typewriters at Apple.

Attempting to pin down the exact details of Iris's history is problematic because such details are not only kept deliberately vague by Magrs and other writers, but also because the accounts of her adventures may not be reliable, in whole or in part.

Attempting to be pulled up just holding on with the arms is tiring and makes balancing more difficult.

Attempting to reach him in an abandoned base of Strelok's, Marked One inadvertently triggers an explosive booby trap and is nearly killed, only to be rescued by Doc.

Attempting to keep a balance of power in Congress, he worked closely with Senator Juan Seguin to promote legislation that would also be favorable to the Tejano citizenry of Texas, who were quickly becoming the political minority.

Attempting to differentiate between ethnicities can be quite confusing, especially for nobles during the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Attempting to cut such material will usually cause indentations to be made in the jaws, or a piece to break out of one or both jaws, thus ruining the tool.

Attempting to calm Faraday, Whit informs him that he is the only person not cleared to be in the garage.

Attempting to create an atmosphere similar to his former employers, Duke, Snyder mandated that all students be moved to one end of the court, where bleachers would replace the old seats and primacy would be given to his new " Zou Crew " club, with all other seating areas becoming general admission.