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Attempts and attack
Attempts to increase the angle of attack at higher airspeeds can cause a high-speed stall or may merely cause the aircraft to climb.
Attempts to bribe Sweyn not to attack using danegeld payments failed and he took the throne in 1013.
* Attempts to attack in Shanghai, January 28 Incident

Attempts and German
Attempts were made to play down the perceived threat to Britain, but once the German fleet reached the position of equalling the other second-rank navies, it became impossible to avoid mention of the one great fleet it was intended to challenge.
Attempts to gain control of or internationalize permanently the Ruhr area ( see International Authority for the Ruhr ) were abandoned in 1951 with the German agreement to pool its coal and steel resources ( see European Coal and Steel Community ) in return for full political control of the Ruhr.
Attempts by the German infantry to advance further were stopped by British artillery fire with heavy losses.
Attempts to halt the Allied advance often seemed fruitless as hurried counter-attacks and blocking positions were brushed aside and at times there seemed to be too few German units to hold anywhere.
Under the influence of this doctrine, and of Phenomenology, the Hungarian-born German sociologist Karl Mannheim ( 1893 – 1947 ) gave impetus to the growth of the sociology of knowledge with his Ideologie und Utopie ( 1929, translated and extended in 1936 as Ideology and Utopia ), although the term had been introduced five years earlier by the co-founder of the movement, the German philosopher, phenomenologist and social theorist Max Scheler ( 1874 – 1928 ), in Versuche zu einer Soziologie des Wissens ( 1924, Attempts at a Sociology of Knowledge ).
Attempts were made by Ivy Lee and others to rent out the space to German commercial concerns and name it the Deutsches Haus.
Attempts to rescue the crew were interrupted by the arrival of a submarine ; one survivor was rescued by a German ship two days later out of some 250 who had survived the sinking.
Attempts by Prussia to reorganize the loose and un-led German Confederation, were opposed by Bavaria and Austria while taking part in its own discussions with Austria and other allies in 1863 in Frankfurt without Prussia and its allies attending.
Attempts by German air fleets to interdict British shipping in the English Channel were met with a significance response from the RAF, and many air battles ensued over the Channel.
Attempts have been continuing by the German archaeologists since 1976 to erect this temple which has 6 x 9 columns and a peripteros plan ( one row of columns around the temple ).
Attempts to reach Tartu before German occupation had also failed.
Attempts to scale back the involvement on the German end failed, and so, with the Red Army approaching the country ’ s borders, Horthy tried to declare Hungary a neutral state.
Attempts at reopening the case by members of the Kriminalrat ( the German Internal affairs division ) Faulhaber yielded no results.

Attempts and aircraft
Attempts to reduce wave drag can be seen on all high-speed aircraft ; most notable is the use of swept wings, but another common form is a wasp-waist fuselage as a side effect of the Whitcomb area rule.
Attempts to use them in aircraft failed as the weight severely limited both speed and altitude and it was incapable of making a successful interception.
Attempts to design a transmitter which can be immersed in the sea or flown on an aircraft were soon abandoned.
Attempts were made to frame him for the murder of a London private detective, the murder of American singer Dean Reed in East Berlin and a fire in an aircraft factory.
" Attempts were made to implicate him in the murder of a private detective in South London, for a fire in a Wiltshire aircraft factory and for the murder of American singer Dean Reed.

Attempts and industry
Attempts to expand the textile industry in Opelika continued for the next three decades, and in 1925 city officials were able to use a $ 62, 500 bribe to induce the executives of the Pepperell Manufacturing Co. ( now WestPoint International ) to construct a large mill just outside of the Opelika city limits.
Attempts to have industry mark tubes which identify the grower have been met with strong resistance.
Attempts to build on his notoriety to achieve mainstream crossover success failed, but Donovan continued to be a bankable star in the adult industry for the next 15 years.
Attempts were made to lure heavy industry to the Labidco ( La Brea Industrial Development Company ) Industrial Estate in the early 1990s, but the geological instability of the area made the area unsuitable.

Attempts and during
Attempts to accuse anthropologists of complicity with the CIA and government intelligence activities during the Vietnam War years have turned up surprisingly little ( although anthropologist Hugo Nutini was active in the stillborn Project Camelot ).
Attempts were made to build a stone harbour during the reign of Elizabeth I, but the foundations were destroyed by the sea in terrible storms.
Attempts of Sri Lankan noblemen to undermine the British power in 1818 during the Uva Rebellion were thwarted by Governor Robert Brownrigg.
Attempts to reacquire Mariner 5 during June, July, and early August 1968 yielded no spacecraft signal.
Attempts to reform this structure during the 18th century were mainly fruitless.
Attempts to revive the Buddhist Church started during World War II, and it was officially re-established in 1946.
Attempts to contact the lander during the next four months, based on the presumed antenna position, were unsuccessful.
Attempts to designate only the Hinomaru as the national flag by the DPJ and other parties during the vote of the bill were rejected by the Diet.
Attempts to curb the Douglases ' power took place in 1451, during the absence of the Earl of Douglas from Scotland, and culminated with the murder of Lord Douglas at Stirling Castle on 22 February 1452.
* Chile: Attempts at land reform began under the government of Jorge Alessandri in 1960, were accelerated during the government of Eduardo Frei Montalva ( 1964 – 1970 ), and reached its climax during the 1970-1973 presidency of Salvador Allende.
Attempts were made to build a stone harbour during the reign of Elizabeth I, but the foundations were destroyed by the sea in storms.
Attempts to reform Hindu law by legislative processes commenced during British period.
Attempts to break up the hacienda system in the Philippines through land reform laws during the second half of the 1900s have not been successful especially the Hacienda Luisita that resorted to protests.
Attempts at renovation took place during the second half of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, when the European tendencies penetrated into the country, reflected in numerous important buildings of Buenos Aires, such as the Santa Felicitam Church, by Ernesto Bunge ; the Central Post Office and Palace of Justice, by Norbert Maillart ; and the National Congress and the Colón Opera House, by Vittorio Meano.
In the Senate, he was chairman of the Special Committee on Attempts to Influence Senators during the 84th Congress.
Attempts to run the blockade and resupply Malta proved to be costly and often ended in failure ; the two-pronged effort to resupply Malta during June 1942 — known as Operations Harpoon ( from Gibraltar ) and Vigorous ( from Alexandria, Egypt )— were unsuccessful, only two merchantmen from Harpoon and none from Vigorous reached Malta, while many others ( including the only tanker included in Harpoon ) were sunk, and the escorting warships also suffered heavy casualties.
Attempts to right this situation had begun during the reign of Sultan Selim III, from 1789 to 1807, but were continuously thwarted by the powerful Janissary corps.
* Attempts to reduce inherent project risk by breaking a project into smaller segments and providing more ease-of-change during the development process.
* Attempts to reduce inherent project risk by breaking a project into smaller segments and providing more ease-of-change during the development process.
Attempts were made to persuade the episcopate to open it during the Crimean War and again during the First World War.
Attempts to restrict the power of commanders to make knights would increase during the 16th century and by the end of Elizabeth I's reign, the practice had all but ceased.
Attempts were made during that time to ask the king to change his mind and allow an election, but influences in the court, such as Gabriel of Shiggar, and the king's wife Shirin ( who was under Gabriel's influence ) blocked the requests.

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