71.   Jordan grounded to third baseman Harris, who threw home wildly in a futile attempt to get Andruw Jones.

72.   Palffy scored on a breakaway that sent Nashville goalie Mike Dunham sprawling backward in a futile attempt to stop the point-blank shot.

73.   Protesters dispersed after several futile attempts to break though the police line by pushing and striking the helmeted police with pickets.

74.   Russian soldiers have pounded village after village in a futile attempt to wipe out rebel bases and bring the region under their control.

75.   Smoke engulfed the area as demonstrators hurled small firebombs and anti-riot commandos wearing gas masks fired tear gas in futile attempts to disperse the crowd.

76.   Speakers who do show up have to shout above traffic and jack hammers from nearby construction sites in an often futile attempt to be heard.

77.   Special anti-riot commandos wearing gas masks fired tear gas in futile attempts to disperse the crowd.

78.   Teammates Travis Watson and Adam Hall already had picked up five fouls in a futile attempt to stop Jones.

79.   Tarango then called tournament referee Peter Bellenger onto the court for a futile attempt to have the warning revoked.

80.   The bank used large sums of foreign currency last year in futile attempts to prop up the value of the ruble.