Attempts
Meanings and phrases
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- There have been several attempts to rewrite the words.
- His first story came several attempts later".
- The monitoring device makes several attempts to switch back on.
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- Several attempts were made to develop the island.
- New attempts were made meanwhile to get them to renounce.
- Other attempts were made in the early 1950s to rework old sites.
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- The platoon has many failed attempts at taking over Earth.
- There were several early failed attempts at proving the theorem.
- The Tangs finally captured it in 747 CE, after three failed attempts.
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- After four unsuccessful attempts to reach the 2.
- After repeated unsuccessful attempts, he escaped in 1165.
- Several other unsuccessful attempts at a parliamentary career followed.
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- The group stops and Mary attempts to kill herself.
- Magneto attempts to kill Strucker but Xavier stops him.
- Once exposed, Abe attempts to kill Homer.
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- Lona attempts to get her to stop, but fails.
- Two messages dealt with German attempts to get support from Mexico.
- Tuvok attempts to get to know Dalby socially, but makes little progress.
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- She later attempts to make amends for having done this.
- Doctor Nemesis then attempts to make a deal with Edward Hawkins to assist him.
- This scheme attempts to make the interference-plus-noise term spectrally white.
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- The 1960s saw the first attempts at enlargement.
- Curiously, their first attempts had nothing to do with Oz.
- The first attempts to copy stamps went extraordinarily well.
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- Ray L lost the game for Seton Hill while going 0-15 on field goal attempts.
- Ali Haji-Sheikh missed the extra point and also missed two field goal attempts.
- Kickoffs and field goal attempts are not considered true change of possession plays.
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- Ray L lost the game for Seton Hill while going 0-15 on field goal attempts.
- Ali Haji-Sheikh missed the extra point and also missed two field goal attempts.
- Kickoffs and field goal attempts are not considered true change of possession plays.
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- Despite attempts to find him, he was never seen again.
- Nico attempts to find out more about her father's involvement with Carchon.
- Cosby further elaborated on his attempts to find Spanish fly, in his book "Childhood".
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- He attempts to escape but is shot by a dying Coughy.
- As Tomas attempts to escape prison, Cardo kills him.
- He attempts to escape on the dory, but Wake destroys it with an axe.
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- They achieved this in 1045 after many attempts.
- Warren is such a failure that even his many attempts to commit suicide fail.
- The Northwest Face has seen many attempts; at least three teams have died on this face.
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- Thomas intercepted two pass attempts by quarterback Donald Hollas.
- He completed all six pass attempts for 55 yards and one touchdown.
- Knight intercepted two pass attempts by Rams' quarterback Kurt Warner.
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- A prison SWAT team attempts to take him out.
- In the end, the Traitor attempts to take her soul but fails and retreats.
- Each player attempts to take out the opponent's chariot on the way to the finish.
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- A notable example is Professor Ayrton's attempts to use American slang.
- She attempts to use her powers on Wolverine, causing him to perceive Mariko.
- Various attempts to use the subway tunnels for mass transit have been unsuccessful.
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- So far, he had not appeared and all attempts to contact him had failed.
- To date, all attempts to reacquire the music rights to the three films had failed.
- However, all attempts to make the route profitable for the company were exhausted.
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- Hadžiahmetović himself survived two assassination attempts.
- Wesa has survived a number of assassination attempts in Afghanistan.
- There are reports of unsuccessful assassination attempts made against Otto of Bamberg by the pagan priesthood.
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- Spike attempts to stop him but is easily pushed off the tower.
- The captain dies as he attempts to stop the missile from launching.
- Rebels were making attempts to stop their advance and reportedly damaged three tanks.
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- Mano decides to rescue Divya, but fails to do so after repeated attempts.
- "R" corresponds roughly to repeated attempts to create and discern a pattern.
- It also involved Britain's repeated attempts to impose a puppet government in Kabul.
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- "R" corresponds roughly to repeated attempts to create and discern a pattern.
- During the 1970s, the first attempts to create a parallel narrative were made.
- Beginning with the very first research into worms at Xerox PARC, there have been attempts to create useful worms.
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- The siege was far better organized than the previous attempts, however, and dragged on for 33 days.
- Like Finnlines' previous attempts to enter the cruise business, the "Finnstar" proved to be largely unsuccessful.
- Reeves and Baker completed a third and final draft that was "substantially toned down" in content from the previous attempts.
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- All further attempts at communication with the AN-24 were unsuccessful.
- The Confederacy made no further attempts to seize the Southwestern United States.
- Between 1662 and the 19th century, further attempts to revise the "Book" in England stalled.
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- She then attempts to sly her way back into Victor's good graces.
- Hortensio then attempts to woo her in the disguise of a tutor named Litio.
- Ash then attempts to shoot the severed hand hiding in the wall of the cabin.
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- The 19th century saw numerous attempts to reclassify Etruscan.
- There have been numerous attempts by the NBA and the former ABA clubs to buy out the deal.
- Then for decades numerous attempts by different governors negotiating on this matter failed.
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- He made several attempts at the shot in his innings of 16 balls.
- Pavel Petrovich Anosov made several attempts to reproduce the process in the mid-19th century.
- Indian officials made several attempts to recover Chau's body but eventually abandoned those efforts.
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- Brainard goes to Sara's office and unsuccessfully attempts to explain the situation to her.
- Modern physics attempts to explain every observed physical phenomenon by these fundamental interactions.
- This view attempts to explain the prevalence and persistence of schizophrenia over time and across cultures.
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- Daffy storms out, irate, and attempts to convince Elmer that Bugs is lying.
- Her attempts to convince John that something is inside the house fall on deaf ears.
- Fawcett attempts to convince the members of the RGS to back the expedition, but is publicly ridiculed.
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- There were also rumors of half-hearted suicide attempts.
- She was hospitalized in 1968 after a number of suicide attempts.
- In one study, 5.4% of athletes with eating disorders reported suicide attempts.
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- Mettenberger has made attempts to rejoin the NFL.
- Rome made attempts to restore control in 446 and 458.
- Both Hazel and Beatrice made attempts to seduce Nick.
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- He attempts suicide by leaping from the window.
- Haruka, guilty for having eaten Muku, attempts suicide by drowning.
- As they leave, he attempts suicide, but Watson is able to revive him.
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- Elisabeth Lienert finds these various attempts to connect the poem to historical events unconvincing.
- His various attempts to get at the whale, and to punish Woody for siding with the whale, all end up failing.
- He made various attempts to get his "Great Antichrist" printed, but could find no one bold enough to venture on it.
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- His attempts to establish education fail spectacularly.
- However, attempts to establish military alliances were unsuccessful.
- During his attempts to establish truth, Sathyam faces various troubles.
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- After his early attempts at poetry, Poe had turned his attention to prose.
- In the 1960s and 1970s, several early attempts were made to market fair trade products.
- He made early attempts on Armadillo, a long alpine rock climb on Mount Katahdin, Maine.
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- Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) attempts to break Kenneth of his moral absolutism.
- Later, Alo attempts to break up with Poppy, but only at her fourteenth birthday.
- It attempts to break down "the barrier of identity through a four-phased process."
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- There have been some scientific attempts to bring dead organisms back to life, but with limited success.
- A few (notably "RAW") represented experimental attempts to bring comics closer to the status of fine art.
- Currently Brasília has the Rock Basement Festival which attempts to bring new bands to the national scene.
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- She returns home, and although Charles attempts to save her, Emma dies.
- The distraught larva attempts to save his beloved mother, but to no avail.
- Jacques attempts to save a sailor, and in the process is thrown overboard.
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- Both Hazel and Beatrice made attempts to seduce Nick.
- Ann's landlord (Noël Coward), an aging actor, attempts to seduce her.
- Once alone, Bosco attempts to seduce Ángela, but she resists his advances.
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- Later Orana attempts to capture a terrorist named Warhead.
- Meanwhile, Kalabhairavan attempts to capture the Mookuththi.
- British intelligence also continued its attempts to capture McGlinchey.
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- This was not one of the most successful attempts to help those with NSRED.
- The woman is very pregnant and they reject Rawlings's attempts to help them.
- Soo-jung follows Lee around as he attempts to help the community in his bizarre fashion.
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- "Puss" attempts to gain a corner during the exchange.
- Six previous high-profile wire walkers had failed in their attempts to gain approval to walk the Falls since 1971.
- A detailed timeline of MAPS' attempts to gain access to research grade marijuana is available on the MAPS website.
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- He added another 204 yards on 22 rushing attempts.
- He also has 123 career rushing attempts for 426 yards.
- That year, he led the team in rushing attempts and yards.
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- He made several failed escape attempts during his incarceration.
- Miller was Associate Warden during numerous escape attempts at Alcatraz.
- This practice effectively stemmed the escape attempts using passports, but passports were not the only way to escape.
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- His attempts to keep the cell made him a "liability", according to David Burke.
- Despite Bruce's attempts to keep him at the JJB Stadium, however, the deal was confirmed five days later.
- Since May 2008, her family made several attempts to keep her away from him and to force her into marriage.
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- A number of attempts were also made to blow up Oriel House itself.
- A number of attempts to revive Sanskrit have been made from the 18th century onward.
- During the nineteenth century, a number of attempts were made to mechanise depth sounding.
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- Rather predictably, but despite attempts to the contrary, the issue of Zimbabwe dominated.
- The first attempt only obtained calves, who died despite attempts to feed them with goat milk.
- Engel noted that despite attempts to the contrary, the award maintains cricket's bias towards batsmen.
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- Anne seeks help from Dr. Willet, whom Curwen then attempts to persuade that Anne is insane.
- Truewit, hoping to secure his friend's inheritance, attempts to persuade Morose that marriage would not be good for him.
- MacMurchy was vocal in her attempts to persuade the Canadian government that eugenics was the answer to preventing degenerate babies.
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- A perpetrator attempts to win a jackpot prize through fraudulent means.
- Although the Dutch retaliated in several attempts to win back St. Martin, they failed.
- As she is prone to impulsive decisions, she spends over $10,000 on Josh in her attempts to win him back.
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- After several unsuccessful attempts, Disraeli entered the House of Commons in 1837.
- Following several unsuccessful attempts, permanent settlement of the islands began in the 1730s.
- After several unsuccessful attempts he continued to develop his craft until he graduated from high school.
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- After several failed attempts, he enrolled at Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts.
- After several failed attempts at seizing each emplacement, he eventually succeeded.
- After several failed attempts to kill Greene, it became evident that Licavoli's outfit needed outside help.
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- He attempts to destroy Judah's chariot but wrecks his own instead.
- The giant T-Rex, Gor-Gor, is born and attempts to destroy the world.
- Fang attempts to destroy the relic, but the forces of the Order arrive and take it.
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- All attempts failed and reinforcements were not sent.
- Later attempts failed in the same way.
- Salvage attempts failed and her wreck was abandoned after it broke in half.
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- After four unsuccessful attempts to reach the 2.
- Since the start of war there were some attempts to reach a ceasefire.
- Some analysts are critical of EMNR’s attitude toward the people it attempts to reach.
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- A number of attempts to revive Sanskrit have been made from the 18th century onward.
- There have been recent attempts to revive the fair in August as a regional trade show.
- In the 1990s, attempts to revive the automotive industry of Isotta Fraschini were made.
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- C.F Bödecker, a dentist and researcher, also made attempts to prevent occlusal caries.
- One of the first attempts to prevent occlusal caries occurred as early as 1905 by Willoughby D. Miller.
- She also attempts to prevent Tati from seeing Sorrow, her sweetheart, who Jena believes to be one of the Night People.
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- Veeran arrives and attempts to shoot Udhaya.
- When Tony attempts to shoot Balleau, the gun will not fire.
- Then, he follows Terry outside, and attempts to shoot Terry with the pistol.
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- He was soon to make other attempts this time on the "Bolling" and get caught again.
- Despite this and other attempts at fixes, the ratings did not significantly improve under Doctor's watch.
- It had its base in other attempts to implement a level of autonomy, like the 19th century decree of 2 March 1895.
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- He also converted 35 of 36 extra point attempts.
- As a freshman, he converted 5 field goals and 19 extra point attempts.
- He had a 39-yard punting average and was 15-of-18 on extra point attempts.
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- All attempts to control this hot air were unsuccessful.
- It's an assault on our attempts to control the spread of dangerous nuclear materials.
- Ultimately, fourteen buildings were destroyed or razed in attempts to control the blaze.
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- Horne attempts to flee but is restrained and handcuffed.
- She screams in terror and attempts to flee.
- The family attempts to flee the house, but cannot find Jessica.
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- As she progresses through high school, Tomoko attempts to improve her social status among her peers.
- A treatment attempts to improve or remove a problem, but treatments may not produce permanent cures, especially in chronic diseases.
- Other attempts to improve the instrument included a 24-keyed model and a single-reed mouthpiece, but both these had adverse effects on tone and were abandoned.
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- When Brody attempts to return the bag, Scarlett knocks him out and ties him up.
- She gives him her handbag so he will leave, but Brody feels guilty about his actions and attempts to return it.
- Beigong Boyu took Bian Zhang and Han Sui, another Han official, hostage and stopped all attempts to return them.
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- Wormaline attempts to steal the show, but her sneaky shenanigans bring down the house instead.
- He attempts to steal a large painting of living, moving characters, but he is plagued by fear.
- When Mrs Coulter's dæmon attempts to steal the alethiometer, Lyra and Pan escape with it into the streets.
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- She later attempts to make amends for having done this.
- Slender Man later attempts to attack Lauren in the mine.
- Lizard later attempts to help Alice rescue the Knave, though she is knocked out by Jafar.
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- She ignores him when he attempts to speak to her.
- He fails when he attempts .
- At the end of the episode, Grammy shows affection toward Drake when he attempts to tell his parents the truth.
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- Despite multiple attempts, he cannot hoist the sled up using ropes.
- Sylvia Nasar was said to have declined multiple attempts for interview by NPR.
- Urethral stricture can occur with multiple attempts to insert an object into the urethra.
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- He also converted 35 of 36 extra point attempts.
- As a freshman, he converted 5 field goals and 19 extra point attempts.
- He had a 39-yard punting average and was 15-of-18 on extra point attempts.
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- Renewed attempts to build it were made in 1896, 1901, 1918 and 1945, again with no success.
- There were attempts to build a temple for Nathuram Godse and to celebrate 30 January as a "Shaurya Diwas" ("Bravery Day").
- Conductive education attempts to build up the impaired children’s personalities gradually in a manner appropriate to their age.
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- In it, the player controls the knight Don as he attempts to rescue a princess from an evil witch.
- In fear, the prince stumbled backwards and fell off the cliff despite the wolf's attempts to rescue him.
- He follows the van to a warehouse south of Nykvarn, where he attempts to rescue Wu by boxing with the giant.
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- She continues to resist, and he blocks her attempts to leave.
- Walt avoids Jesse's attempts to leave with his share of the money.
- Darius ignores this and attempts to leave with the piano immediately.
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- Cullah attempts to force the codes out of Chakotay, but to no avail.
- She has already been taken by Hanns to the basement though, where he attempts to force the ape to kill her.
- He calls Clive and attempts to force him to go to the police, though Clive declines as he is working on his symphony.
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- The unknown ship reversed course and attempts to contact her failed.
- So far, he had not appeared and all attempts to contact him had failed.
- His memory now reawakened, he attempts to contact Cardinal Syn to join him to battle Gwar.
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- These quartets are a huge step forward from his initial attempts.
- Vardon's initial attempts to obtain a fresh election were unsuccessful.
- Despite initial attempts to conceal it, news of the emperor's death quickly spread.
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- One day he takes her to his farmhouse and attempts to rape her.
- Curwen takes complete control of Charles and he attempts to rape Anne.
- One of the sailors attempts to rape a female slave, but is stopped by a male slave.
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- Eddie attempts to remove Richie's nasal hair (at Richie's request) using a pair of pliers.
- In the 1930s, three failed attempts to remove Vargas and his supporters from power occurred.
- Freenet attempts to remove the possibility of any group imposing its beliefs or values on any data.
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- Positive psychology's idea of thriving attempts to reconcile that failure.
- He learns science from a book that attempts to reconcile young-earth creationism with scientific principles.
- The film revolves around her attempts to reconcile her dangerous and illegal activism with the upcoming adoption.
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- This book attempts to provide an account of all the knowledge concerning superstitions and demonology.
- The smooth-talking Doggie Daddy attempts to provide strict parental guidance to Augie, often to Augie's displeasure.
- He attempts to provide explanation by entering his father’s dreams, but his communications are interpreted as nightmares.
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- Buller's army had made three earlier attempts to raise the Boer siege of Ladysmith.
- The statue was found broken in six pieces and earlier attempts at restoration failed.
- The particular innovation of the cross-drive, over earlier attempts, was to use a torque converter in the cross shaft.
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- Despite attempts made by Thamizharasu's team, they are unable to stop Surya.
- There are reports of unsuccessful assassination attempts made against Otto of Bamberg by the pagan priesthood.
- His reign witnessed Burmese atrocities on the people of Assam and the attempts made by Chandrakanta Singha and Purandar Singha to expel Burmese invaders.
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- There were a few attempts to develop a direct sequel to "Franko".
- As a consequence, there were attempts to develop an updated AEW system for use on Royal Navy carriers.
- He was Heisenberg's closest ally in their attempts to develop a unified field theory of elementary particles.
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- There were cases in which the Ruthenian masses rejected the attempts to sell them slaves who were not included among these classifications.
- Waddell was also involved in schemes with other prominent confidence men, including attempts to sell the Brooklyn Bridge, before his murder by noted bunco artist Tom O'Brien in 1895.
- She reverted to the name SS "Otsego" following her decommissioning and was refitted as a cargo ship, but she was then laid up for some years after failed attempts to sell or charter the vessel.