41.   Any attempt by the administration to bring about a comprehensive lifting of sanctions before all US conditions were met had long been expected to meet strong opposition in Congress.

42.   His absence weakened the case against Papandreou, who dismissed the trial as an attempt by the ruling conservative New Democracy Party to discredit the socialists.

43.   Yeltsin, however, refused to suspend the decree during the investigation, and warned that any attempt by Gorbachev to countermand it would result in renewed antagonism.

44.   Attempts by the United States to organize a Middle East peace conference remained deadlocked at the end of August.

45.   However, the coup was also in response to what leading factions within the army perceived as attempts by Chatichai to undermine their influence.

46.   The action was the latest in a series of attempts by sections of the military to unseat the transitional government appointed by the national conference in August.

47.   The move was also seen as an attempt by the government to gain control over the National Bank, which under the new law would enjoy considerable nominal independence.

48.   US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher dismissed the proceedings as a travesty of justice, nothing more than another attempt by Libya to delay and evade its responsibility.

49.   Observers believed that his release was an attempt by the government to appease sections of the white community angered by the release of McBride.

50.   The anti-trade union laws which we face in October are just another attempt by this government to wipe out socialism and break the trade union movement.