1.   He had been told also, in whispered confidence, that two attempts against the target had failed.

2.   There have been repeated coup attempts against the government.

3.   There have been seven coup attempts against the beleaguered government.

4.   Bernadette Devlin had a close call, but she survived the assassination attempt against her.

5.   And he ended last season with a cliffhanger, an assassination attempt against the president, further stirring interest.

6.   A recent assassination attempt against Shevardnadze, in which his armored Mercedes was raked by gun fire, highlighted the potential instability in the country.

7.   After the failed assassination attempt against Hitler the following year, investigators discovered his ties to the plotters.

8.   Allegations have surfaced that KGB agents used ricin in a botched assassination attempt against Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

9.   During an extra-point attempt against Oregon State last month, someone stepped on his foot.

10.   For Atlanta, Zendejas made two of three field-goal attempts against the Rams last Thursday, with Andersen rehabilitating a calf-muscle injury.