31.   Abdic launched his current campaign in Zagreb, not Bosnia, because he said he feared that the Bosnian army would impede his efforts.

32.   As in previous attacks at Washington State University research facilities, the destruction actually impedes efforts to create a healthy relationship between humankind and the Earth.

33.   Bosnian Serbs have kept most outsiders away from the suspected grave sites, and investigators had accused Milosevic of impeding efforts to gather evidence against his former allies.

34.   Burton supports a measure to make Elian a U.S. citizen in order to impede administration efforts to return him to Cuba.

35.   Clean-up efforts were launched soon after the storm, but heavy snowfall on Friday night impeded work efforts, ITAR-Tass said.

36.   Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland also banned tractor-trailer rigs from state highways to avoid wrecks that in past storms paralyzed highways and impeded cleanup efforts.

37.   Currently, research on wildlife has been insufficient and this can impede conservation efforts.

38.   Earlier, students scattered leaflets that said the U.S. military presence in South Korea and the missile defense proposal impede efforts toward the reunification of the two Koreas.

39.   Elected leaders in Latin America often use sweeping executive powers to bypass hostile congresses and courts, arguing they impede efforts to develop the country.

40.   Friends and family of an American relief worker missing in Chechnya have accused Russian and Chechen officials of impeding their efforts to find him.