The company on Wednesday announced a management shift in an apparent bid to salvage a merchandising strategy that analysts say is not working.

Loblaw also expanded the line beyond basic grocery and household items in an apparent bid to appeal to a wider range of consumer tastes.

But Mr. Richie's apparent bid for relevance might really be a simple play for attention.

The rebels are closing in on Gitarama in an apparent bid to drive the government out.

She pleaded that she was pregnant in an apparent bid to avoid the death penalty.

This may have been a factor in Pretoria's apparent bid for peace in Southwest Africa.

In an apparent bid to make his readers just as miserable, he wishes to "contrive" a "novel" without either.

In an apparent bid of friendship, gifts had been exchanged.

And, in an apparent bid for third-world support, it said more developing countries should become members, too.

A crowd gathers in an apparent bid to help him, but then scatters when a police officer throws an explosive device into their midst.