It was a trick they used to try and conceal their identity when they followed trucks to check their speed.

I would try to memorize landmarks and saw in a half-hour that it was hopeless.

There was talk of dragging old ex-President Cleveland out of retirement for another try.

With facts mainly in his mind, he was often acute in the matter of style, and he said, `` The young who have as yet nothing to say will try larks with initial letters and broken lines.

Nevertheless, Mrs. Lewis was still solicitous of his condition: let him do as he wished, let him sleep with chambermaids if he must, but, she begged Blackman, try to keep him from drinking a great deal and bring him back in good health.

The reason was to speed up domestic production in the USSR, which Khrushchev promised upon grabbing power, and try to end the permanent recession in Russian living standards.

How foolish it was to try to fathom the truth in an area where only faith would suffice.

he was to try to make no converts ; ;

She would try to see over the bulge of her cheeks and somewhat under her teeth to the place where she was biting.

Ever since I was a child, I have always had a yen to try my hand at writing.

Not through fear of disobeying orders, as Eichmann kept trying to explain, but through a peculiar giddiness that began in a half-acceptance of the vicious absurdities contained in the Nazi interpretation of history and grew with each of Hitler's victories into a permanent light-mindedness and sense of magical rightness that was able to respond to any proposal, and the more outrageous the better, `` Well, let's try it ''.

To try to oppose the general religious and moral conviction of such a majority by a legislative fiat would be to invite the same breakdown of law and order that was occasioned by the ill-starred Prohibition experiment.

He was going to be sensible and not try to do anything rash with that gun pointed at him.

And if by some wild chance Mahzeer was the man, he wouldn't dare try anything now -- not after Docherty had looked in on the two of them to see that all was well.

I knew the only way I could beat you was to play possum, but it was a good try, kid, and I appreciate it.

The best approach, he figured, was to try to influence young people like the high schoolers he and his wife serve as advisors at First Presbyterian Church.

After Cuba and Laos, it was argued, Mr. Khrushchev will interpret the President's consent to the meeting as further evidence of Western weakness -- perhaps even panic -- and is certain to try to exploit the advantage he now believes he holds.

He was downright worried about her, but there was one more thing he could try.

`` And '', I was ticking off the items on my fingers, `` swears too much and goes out with the boys, whoever they are, too much, and who ever goes to church and won't even listen when I try to persuade him to come back to the fold ''.

This was the last try to develop itself as a sports club rather than just a football team, such as Lomas, Belgrano and Quilmes had successfully done in the past, but the efforts were not enough.

To try to answer this question more definitely, a randomized double-blind study was started in September 2008 and was completed in March 2010.

A new political party, the People's Party, had formed to try to block the change but was unsuccessful as was the People Against Switching Sides protest group which launched a last minute legal challenge against the decision.

Any process that is unsuccessful in setting the flag can either go on to do other tasks and try again later, release the processor to another process and try again later, or continue to loop while checking the flag until it is successful in acquiring it.

When approaching Rome ( where Tarquin was heading to try his luck in politics after unsuccessful attempts in his native Tarquinii ), an eagle swooped down, removed his hat, flew screaming in circles, replaced the hat on his head and flew away.

In 1903, Nancy's mother died and the now divorced Nancy moved back to Mirador to try to run the household, but was unsuccessful.

The second try was also unsuccessful.

Avery Schreiber ( center ) is a very unsuccessful fortune teller Ed and Chico try giving a hand.

Also, much money and effort had already been used to try and rid the lake of pike, through explosives, nets, shocking, and a previous poisoning attempt, all of which were unsuccessful.

Quinn did try the slick format ( using glossy paper, unlike the cheaper paper used for pulps and digests ) for a companion magazine, Space Age, which he launched in November 1958 ; the experiment was unsuccessful, however.

The band played a few surprise shows in early 2000 to try to gain a label's attention but they were unsuccessful.

In 2006 an episode of PBS television show History Detectives had local divers searching the river to try to find Paramount masters and unsold 78s, but they were unsuccessful.

Twenty-nine nominations ( which includes one promotion ) have been unsuccessful on at least the first try.

Lindh died early the following day after unsuccessful surgical treatment to try to save her life.

Their orders were first to try and negotiate with the Vichy French governor, but if this was unsuccessful, to take the city by force.

There have been several online petitions made to try to bring Bionicle back, but most are relatively unsuccessful.

After a tentative and unsuccessful try at solo writing with Sob Sisters at Central Television, Marshall found long-lasting success BBC One's 2point4 children, adding to it Health and Efficiency and later, Dad.

Two decades after its brief, unsuccessful television adaptation, however, someone else was willing to give the Easy Aces idea a fresh television try: a number of the original Easy Aces radio scripts were adapted for the CTV Television Network show The Trouble with Tracy in 1971.

Stevens backed an unsuccessful lawsuit to try to block the merger.

Lyttelton continued to try to reduce this friction, leading to several unsuccessful reorganizations and slipping profits.

Four doctors worked for 30 hours to try to save him, but were unsuccessful as he died of " massive brain injury ".

It came from a quote by Cao Mao, fourth emperor of Wei, who launched an unsuccessful uprising against Sima Zhao to try to take back imperial power.

Academic Freedom ," Prof. Kevin B. MacDonald discussed the SPLC's so far unsuccessful campaign to try to get him fired from California State University, Long Beach.

When Erica returned from California as an unsuccessful actress, she convinced Tom to give their marriage another try.

While the others try frantically to come up with a solution, Gabe straps himself in and goes out to save Sarah, but is unsuccessful ; her gloved hand slips through Gabe's and she falls 4, 000 feet to her death in the chasm.

Men from both North and South met in Virginia to try to hold together the Union, but the proposals for amending the Constitution were unsuccessful.