The attempt to forge a simple message has created mistaken impressions, too.
An attempt to forge an outline agreement before the Asian markets opened last night failed.
Merck's attempt to forge a national champion risks ending in the dismemberment of its proposed target.
Despite the inclusion of Vietnam, his officials talk of "values diplomacy", an attempt to forge closer ties with democratic allies.
Shipman was exposed by the seediest con-trick of the shady professional, a clumsy attempt to forge a client's will.
This is the age-old attempt to forge privileged relations with Germany, the traditional holder of the European balance.
He went to Cairo in 2009, in an attempt to forge "a new beginning" between the United States and the Muslim world.
But most of that was proposed long ago by Mr Obama on the campaign trail, and so can hardly represent an attempt to forge post-election consensus.
The statement seemed to mark the end of the latest American attempt to forge a deal leading to the creation of a Palestinian state.
The chapters set between combat excursions are excruciatingly dull, as stereotype characters offer mundane fetch-quests and attempt to forge an incongruous emotional narrative.
President Papoulias last night called Greece's political leaders to a meeting in a last-ditch attempt to forge a unity government.
