1.   And, in a brazen attempt to distract the teacher, a boy tumbled headfirst over a bench, dissolving the room in laughter.

2.   As he did Monday night when he described his brazen attempt to steal the election as a selfless and principled act that places democracy ahead of partisan politics.

3.   But Democrats have cried foul, accusing Republican leaders of a brazen attempt to pack the court in order to secure favorable rulings for the Pataki administration.

4.   But the brazen attempt to kill off reform must be rebuffed.

5.   It was all a brazen attempt to question the modern construction of identity.

6.   It was also a brazen attempt by the House prosecutors to hijack control of the trial from the senators and chief justice.

7.   Rather, the stars are generally brought in as replacements in a rather brazen attempt to boost ticket sales for a show that is already up and running.