21.   Previous reform efforts were derailed because, in the name of open consultation, defense chiefs and politicians were drawn into the review process too early.

22.   That deal derailed painstaking efforts by European political leaders to arrange a Continent-wide merger.

23.   The case could derail efforts to complete terms of the December agreement.

24.   The concern grew as French President Jacques Chirac yesterday dissolved Parliament and called early elections, whose results could derail his efforts to qualify France for the monetary union.

25.   The effort was derailed in part after state officials said the company failed to adhere to public bidding requirements.

26.   The House Commerce Committee nearly followed suit, until furious lobbying by electronics and media companies, scientists and privacy advocates derailed the effort.

27.   The people who have protested these policies should not allow their efforts to be derailed by whatever happens to the officers who killed Amadou Diallo.

28.   The results could derail his efforts to qualify France for the monetary union.

29.   There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Israeli and Palestinian officials said they believed the attack was carried out by Islamic militants bent on derailing peace efforts.

30.   This absurd calculus reached its apogee after the Passover bombing, which derailed struggling efforts by the United States to attain a cease-fire and renewed negotiations.