1.   The management has been trying to buy off union activists with substantial pay offers.

2.   The management tried to satisfy staff with some platitudes about the need to make sacrifices for the benefit of the company.

3.   Before he left, though, management tried unsuccessfully to hire the late Jim Valvano.

4.   After so much disappointment over the new talent in recent years, Bruins management tries to be cautiously optimistic.

5.   Alou is as mystified as anyone as to why management has not tried opening negotiations, but he, too, has seen the writing on the wall.

6.   Employees said the department-store management had tried to repair cracking walls and ceilings for yGdays before the collapse.

7.   Friday, the building management tried to manage it with four people.

8.   He said there must be a reason why management has tried to correct the mistakes of its predecessors and decided not to settle.

9.   In June, management tried to address the segregation issue by scrambling offices and mixing lawyers of all nationalities and several practice groups on the third and fourth floors.

10.   In other words, management is trying to build a roster to win in the long run.