" Trying to maintain a low profile, Bartman declined interviews, endorsement deals, and requests for public appearances, and his family changed their phone number to avoid harassing phone calls.

Trying to avoid trouble because Elizabeth had started a cosmetics company ( Cosmia Laboratories ), Kertész ceased to do commissioned work and essentially disappeared from the photographic world for three years.

Trying to avoid a state that might be dominated by Democrats ( because of the Five Civilized Tribes ' origin in the Southeast and histories of slave-holding and alliance with the Confederacy in the Civil War ), President Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican, opposed separate statehood for Sequoyah.

Trying to improve relations with the Native Americans to encourage trade and avoid conflicts with colonists, George III in his Royal Proclamation of 1763 placed the Ohio Country in what was declared an Indian Reserve, stretching from the Appalachian Mountains west to the Mississippi River and from as far north as Newfoundland to Florida.

Trying to avoid a general panic, the government covertly investigates any reports of unusual activities or sightings of " flying saucers ".

Trying to avoid a battle or distraction from Tenedos, the Turkish fleet went around him on the south side and rushed to the west.

Trying to placate the public and avoid revolution, Kaiser Wilhelm II proclaimed a watered-down version of this reform in his Easter Speech on April 7, which, by specifying no fixed date, failed to satisfy the public.

Trying to avoid the issue of representation and to focus solely on taxes, the king and his ministers had gravely misjudged the situation.

Trying to avoid dangerous punt returner Bashir Levingston, BC kicker Duncan O ' Mahony angled his punt out of bounds for only nine yards, giving Toronto good field position.

Trying to avoid an area of poor weather, the aircraft struck trees near the top of Pico da Pedra Bonita at an elevation of 1920 feet.

Trying desperately to avoid buying anything expensive, he finally lets slip the word " cucumber ".

Trying to avoid the frequent pounding of his offensive line, Emerson moved one of the starting guards into the backfield, enabling him to get a running start at the opposing defensive line.

Trying to avoid her making a scene.

Trying to avoid prosecution and find out who the real murderer was, Phillip faked his own death, stealing a corpse ( with Rick's help ) in order to do so.

Trying to prove herself, Tess once again tries to cook breakfast, only to fail because she knows nothing of cooking.

Trying to deny her fears, she gets very scared as the room becomes dark and the Jabberwock appears in the house.

At Andries Hudde Junior High School, she played the part of Hedy LaRue in a school production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

" Trying to reconcile this " pacifism " with her objection to fictional violence, she saw such news coverage as " desensitisation " in which the media use the " techniques of violence " to raise " impact " in order " to satisfy an apparently insatiable demand for realism.

Trying to flee in the confusion of the moment, Giko is found by Gayane, who has managed to break out of the room in which she was imprisoned.

Trying to flee, she jumped out the window of a chamber at the top of the palace — and, instead of falling, she floated into the sky toward the Moon.

Trying to please the heir, the ministers asked for an audience with Empress Taitu and suggested that she take the Emperor to Ankober as a change of scene that might be beneficial for his health.

Trying to escape spending time with her mother, Chance persuades Simon to switch roles with her for the weekend and Simon spends time with Desiree pretending to be Chance until Desiree tells Simon that she needs to talk to Chance about something in particular.

Trying to look casual, Millie has been smoking a cigarette outside the building, and when she begins to choke on it, she tosses it into a window, setting off the fireworks.

She finds herself having to both repress her sexuality ( she insists that she will have " no dates " but also uphold a standard of being “ American Feminine .”) Trying to find her sexual identity as a Chinese-American woman growing up in the 1940s is something that vexes Kingston throughout The Woman Warrior.

Trying desperately to outdo Daisy, Minnie resorts to suicide as she instructs her Alligators to hoist the Hippos up and launches herself off the lift and over the skaters, while blind-folded with her bow over her eyes and, as she lands, her skate hits a stray bell on the ice, and she falls hard, forcing herself to cry.

In 1961, she made her Broadway debut in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, where she met choreographer Bob Fosse and his wife, Gwen Verdon.

She soon began appearing in musicals, becoming a star on Broadway at the age of 19 in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying opposite Robert Morse and Rudy Vallee, a role she reprised in the film version.

After she sang and starred in the film version of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, she became known for her roles in the films The Comic and The Love Bug, the latter becoming the biggest blockbuster movie of 1969.

Trying to pluck up the courage to talk to him, she came across him just after he'd been turned down by Rahne again, who felt a relationship with him was inappropriate now she was on the faculty, and he asked if she wanted to him, and after she'd mentioned the " Sofia thing ", he suggested they get some dinner in town-on their own ( making neither Rahne nor Kevin, who still had a crush on her even after she'd moved on, happy ).

Trying to clean up his act, he becomes employed as a lab assistant at the International Institute, which studies the Zone.

Trying to stop them are the constantly aggravated head zoo director, Mr. Eustace P. Peevly ( voiced by John Stephenson ), and his hopelessly inadequate assistant Lionel J. Botch ( voiced by Joe E. Ross ).

Trying to prevent a third term of Carlos Menem, he sought to promote a candidate that may defeat him, but Carlos Reutemann ( governor of Santa Fe ) did not accept and José Manuel de la Sota ( governor of Córdoba ) did not grow in the polls.

Trying to prevent dredging and bulldozing, residents of Gangjeong have been living in tents in and near areas where construction is planned or ongoing.

Trying to prevent them from reaching the village are enemy soldiers and other units.

Trying to prevent the violence spinning out of control, King Hussein announced " We are all fedayeen " and fired the interior minister who was hostile towards the Palestinians.

Trying ( not always successfully ) to prevent repetition of incursions of Afaqi khojas from Kokand into Kashgaria, such as those of Jahangir Khoja in the 1820s or Wali Khan in 1857, Qing government had increased the troops level in Xinjiang to some 50, 000.

Trying to prevent the creation of a dangerous weapon, Rambeau is exposed to extra-dimensional energy.

* Trying to prevent food from floating off during meals.

Trying to calm her mind, during Fersen's first visit, and later after his return on 7 June 1784, the queen occupied herself with the creation of the Hameau de la reine, a model hamlet in the garden of the Petit Trianon with a mill and 12 cottages, 9 of which are still standing.

Trying to escape, Li touches her with his corrupting touch.

Trying to impress Luisa, the friends tell her they are headed on a road trip to a beautiful, secret beach.

Trying to regain the spotlight, Minnie performs a daredevil jump over the Alligators, turning all eyes on her.

Trying to prove her worth to Terry, she becomes addicted to Spellbinder's illegal VR technology, but fights off its influence and knocks Spellbinder out before he can injure Terry.

Trying to help her father prove his suspicions, Lindsey sneaks into Harvey's house and finds a diagram of the underground den, but is forced to leave when Harvey returns unexpectedly.

Trying to escape, she slips and he saves her from falling into the Falls.

He helped him in Die Trying, and willed him his house, as his daughter is wealthy, didn't want it and already owns her own NYC home.

Trying to survive and to escape her situation, she attempts to find and hold a job that will allow her to move out of the caravan and away from her mother.