11.   As professor of ergonomics at Cornell University, Alan Hedge has investigated a lot of failed attempts to find a less stressful way to type.

12.   As for the Mr. Beer sticker, it comes from a failed attempt to make my own brewski this summer.

13.   As the Strongin-Goldbergs dragged themselves from one failed attempt to the next, the technology of bone-marrow transplants was changing.

14.   Balloonists have had many failed attempts at circumnavigation over the years, and more attempts are planned in the next few months than ever.

15.   Both are a dramatic break from decades of failed attempts to protect species and habitats one at a time, Babbitt said.

16.   Branson is perhaps best known for outlandish publicity stunts, including failed attempts to circle the globe in a Virgin-branded hot-air balloon.

17.   A failed attempt at scaling the biggest Grand Teton becomes a lesson in priorities.

18.   A failed attempt to become a cosmetologist dug her deeper into welfare.

19.   A failed attempt by the State Duma to impeach the president was a blow for the anti-Yeltsin Serbs but also deepened the sense of instability.

20.   A failed attempt to buy a ski resort in Steamboat Springs, Colo., left him and Edythe, an interior designer, deeply in debt.