11.   The Communist Party had not yet abandoned its attempts to gain control of the ILP, despite the assurances made in the previous year.

12.   And after its much-admired editor Michael Kinsley had to abandon his attempt to lure paying subscribers, for instance, most others did not even try.

13.   Announcement comes after Republicans abandon attempts to exempt salmon-protection from environmental laws.

14.   A takeover defense by Silcorp caused Couche-Tard to abandon the attempt.

15.   After White House supervision, his Environmental Protection Agency has abandoned all attempts at denying that climate change is real, ongoing, manmade, and hugely consequential.

16.   Al Rosen, who as club president was harassed by the owner, via relentless telephone calls, into abandoning his attempt at a winter vacation in the Caribbean.

17.   But soon, there were so many people that they abandoned any attempt at crowd control, and allowed them all in at once.

18.   Furthermore, McConnell threatened to delay any further inquiry into the charges against Packwood until Boxer abandons her attempts to hold public hearings.

19.   He insists that he has abandoned all attempts at creating an image and is only interested in music.

20.   In return, Clinton, under apparent pressure from a federal judge, abandoned his attempts to postpone the testimony until mid-September.