1.   After one other aborted effort involving another actress, it became too late to shoot an original cover, so we frantically reviewed pictures of actors already in-house.

2.   After several aborted efforts to refashion the KGB and make it operate by democratic rules, the Russian government has settled for changing the name.

3.   I aborted the effort before I was even halfway through my checkbook register.

4.   An earlier effort was aborted in March.