31.   Doubts that they reached the pole have persisted to this day, and a few skeptics have suspected that they never even made a serious attempt.

32.   He said he sincerely appreciated the efforts that the filmmakers made, and believed it was a serious attempt to translate the book onto the screen.

33.   His new play marks his first serious attempt to describe the jubilant and uneasy world that has emerged here after decades of white rule.

34.   However, congressional aides from both parties said they expect no serious attempt this year to oppose Clinton over Mexico.

35.   In modern times, no speaker has faced even a serious attempt at a coup from within his own party.

36.   It has been a decade since there was any serious attempt to push no-fault divorce legislation in the Legislature.

37.   It was a critical moment, his first serious attempt to dry out and find some direction in what had become an aimless young-life wander.

38.   Now for the first time there is a serious attempt to address the issue of the same kind of material on the Internet.

39.   Philips made a serious attempt to produce a good hardboiled mystery game and they failed.

40.   Rambouillet was a hasty ultimatum to Serbia and not a serious attempt at negotiation.