Diem's trip came after two years of American attempts to schedule a state visit.

Europe is not united, except at times in opposition to American attempts to galvanize it into common action.

This fourth American attempt at lunar impact was the closest success.

Such is one woman's story of a modern American attempt to save time.

American attempts to add new sanctions also failed, however, and that seems to have been seen as a green light in Baghdad.

American attempts to break the system waited until 1935.

But American attempts to raise these concerns have met with an icy response from Russian leaders.

The first American attempt, Mariner 3 in 1964, was no more successful.

An American military attempt to rescue the hostages failed.

The same reasoning applies to American attempts to bring in California rice.