11.   Brazil has already been leading its own efforts toward free trade by negotiating new members to join the Southern Cone Common Market, or Mercosur.

12.   A town name like Gringo Pass flies in the face of efforts toward cooperation in protecting the desert environment in the border area, he says.

13.   Additionally, the board recommended a review of his efforts toward the fulfillment of the Like Gender part of his diversity requirement.

14.   But a plurality also supports more aggressive efforts toward peace.

15.   But that would be dependent on continued efforts toward economic reform and accountability.

16.   But there were also efforts toward reconciliation as Hamas leaders met through the day with Israeli Arab mediators in an attempt to reach an understanding with the Palestinian Authority.

17.   But, the officials add, U.N. efforts toward this goal have so far been inadequate.

18.   Civilian efforts toward that end have proven fragile at best.

19.   Clinton will use Little Rock and Central High School as a backdrop to call for a national effort toward racial reconciliation.

20.   Clinton, in his public remarks and later in private, thanked Arafat for his efforts toward peace with Israel.