But that doesn't mean the Obama administration shouldn't make the attempt (or may already be making the attempt, for all I know).
In one passage of "Conversations with Beethoven," Anton Schindler, a devoted but devious associate, floats the rumor that Beethoven was in some way responsible for Karl's suicide attempt: Most everyone I know is in complete sympathy with you; only one or two hold you to blame.
I'll spare you the attempt for sympathy; I know it has zero chance of working (Oh, you poor thing, you have to go to a film festival for work. How hard your life must be).
She's pulled up lame again, clutching her left calf, and although she's grabbed a bottle of water and attempted to continue, I know an injured marathon runner when I see one, and Mamorallo Tjoka is one.
Mr. Varney, who has since found a job in publishing, added, "The musical, I guess, was an attempt at catharsis that I know was essential to my moving onward, and that I imagine plenty of laid-off workers need to experience".
We have virtually nothing in common in terms of personal style, the art we attempt, or, for all I know, our politics.
Participants descried quitting as " impossible" and the idea of making a quit attempt was often intimidating " I know I want to quit - it's just hard to do.
A nurse I know, attempting to clarify an order, was told, "When you have 'M.D.' after your name, then you can talk to me".
It is one of the few books I know that attempt to trace the exhaustive history not of one, but of three Italian criminal organisations: 'ndrangheta, camorra, and mafia.
And so I'll look for my bandhas all day long, because I know the attempt is what's making me strong.
