31.   McCarthy is part of a nationwide movement to protest recent attempts in Germany to censor the Internet.

32.   Northwest Airlines, which has foiled recent attempts to increase fares, quickly matched Delta, leading many to believe that the other carriers will go along.

33.   One was attributed to Dallas Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson, the head of the Congressional Black Caucus speaking on recent GOP attempts to court blacks.

34.   Other recent attempts at reviving the genre have mostly failed.

35.   Prime examples are a recent California attempt to tax soda to fight childhood obesity, or the new ban on junk food in Texas schools.

36.   Recent attempts to develop a medical-thriller blockbuster foundered.

37.   Recent attempts to focus its core business on Internet and data services have suffered from persistent delays in a planned high-speed DSL service.

38.   Recent attempts to revamp undergraduate housing and a crackdown on single-sex social clubs have sparked a quiet rebellion at Harvard University.

39.   Recent attempts by Russia and Japan, the largest consumer of platinum and palladium, to negotiate new supply contracts have ended in failure, traders said.

40.   Recent attempts to reform the Spanish pension system, creaking under its own weight, are unlikely to head off a financial crisis.