61.   This comes after his recent attempt to get former Red Sox CEO John Harrington to give him veto power over board appointments to the Yawkey Foundation.

62.   Yet recent attempts to create Russian dramatic series and soap operas have flopped.

63.   Other recent attempts to fly around the world non-stop have failed.

64.   All recent attempts to hold rallies in the capital have been disrupted or prevented by police.

65.   Also Monday, Yeltsin met with Nemtsov, the driving force behind recent attempts to modernize the ailing economy.

66.   Annan praised German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer for his recent attempts to organize peace talks, but said no date has been set.

67.   Arafat adviser Ahmed Tibi, however, said Israel had not responded to recent Palestinian attempts to arrange a meeting.

68.   But despite recent attempts by Western governments to address the problem, few traffickers are prosecuted because the women are reluctant to speak about their ordeals.

69.   But they have been widely blamed for two recent attempts to blow up IRA supporters with under-car booby traps.

70.   Despite recent attempts at liberalization, there has traditionally been little room for opposition voices in Singapore.