Its forms vary from the crudest superstitions to thoughtful attempts at connecting the astrologer's magic vision of the world with modern psychological knowledge... Therefore astrology poses a problem of social and psychological health.

It does not have a theme, although there are threads running through the works, and Mr. Collens has made a thoughtful attempt to represent sculptors who have helped make the revival of figurative sculpture possible.

But over all, this is a thoughtful and lively attempt to square economic progress and ecological well-being.

This feels like a thoughtful attempt to give the depiction of home life some weight, a quality not evident in Mr. Howard's previous work.

Outside of a few evocative memoirs, much of what has been written about Hollywood animation smacks of cheerleading; this book, by contrast, is a genuinely thoughtful attempt to explain what makes golden-age cartoons work, and why some work better than others.

Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling in a nationally significant case from upstate New York represents a thoughtful attempt to reconcile the First Amendment rights of abortion opponents with the Government's obligation to insure women safe access to reproductive health facilities.

The antiterrorism packages that are moving swiftly toward a vote in the House and Senate represent a more thoughtful attempt to balance civil liberties and national security than the measure hastily assembled by Attorney General John Ashcroft less than a month ago.

Their choices are not swayed by popular opinion, but represent a thoughtful and serious attempt to judge the greatest achievements of each year.

(Despite the author's thoughtful attempt to re-define it, I still think individuals are capable of racism.)

And before it shifts into the thriller aspect of the story, "The Missing" feels like a thoughtful attempt to focus on the strains of home life.