He also put forth an unsuccessful plan to protect the low-lying city from flooding.

The problem was that I had also read about the history of the Hook, including the unsuccessful plan to cut it down and smooth over the stump.

During the ensuing months, while Wyalusing remained on station in the sound, more unsuccessful plans to destroy the Confederate ram were developed.

A further venture was an unsuccessful plan to promote a canal from Canterbury to the sea at Reculver.

He introduced an ultimately unsuccessful plan to prevent government officials from moving directly into lobbying jobs.

Eyler launched an unsuccessful, expensive plan to remodel and re-launch the chain.

There have been several unsuccessful plans to revive the character for the big screen since the early 1970s.

An unsuccessful 1989 plan would have turned the building into condos.

Would President Clinton then have had such a disastrously unsuccessful plan to reform health care?

Queen Elizabeth was sold to a succession of buyers, most of whom had adventurous and unsuccessful plans for her.