For the moment at least, an admirable bipartisan attempt by the Legislature to ease access to emergency contraception is dead.

It's an admirable attempt to liven things up in Sydney's art scene, experimenting with sometimes-disturbing concepts.

Microsoft's admirable attempt to launch a range of mobile personal computers never really got off the ground.

Adding that "it's an admirable and endearing attempt to put some fun into yuri manga."

And so George Shultz has failed, as others have before him, in the admirable attempt to arrange an exchange of territories for peace.

One senses that the production's admirable attempt to be accurate in many small ways inadverently subverted its overall dramatic sweep.

An admirable attempt, Riker," he said, "but you have only succeeded in trapping yourself anew.

Police, apparently not appreciating this admirable attempt to keep things nice and orderly, are investigating.

An admirable attempt, apple-polishingwise, but it shan't be enough to save you this time.

Ms. Ryan's performance is an admirable if not entirely persuasive attempt to play against type, a character in search of a better movie.