1.   The group has continued to defy all efforts to stop them.

2.   Argentina defied efforts to prevent the transfer of German funds there from Europe.

3.   As a candidate, Bush defied efforts to get him to define the mysterious but benign-sounding political label.

4.   Bosnian Serb politicians stubbornly defied peace efforts and united behind their nationalist leader, Radovan Karadzic.

5.   Boxing has long defied efforts to clean it up.

6.   For weeks, he has been defying government efforts to claim the boy, hoping to stall until the Atlanta appellate court can review his case.

7.   Often called difficult, challenging or spirited, some children are born with intense temperamental traits that defy the efforts of even seasoned parents.

8.   She helped persuade Lazio to defy Republican efforts to gut the National Endowment for the Arts.

9.   Such treatment defied the efforts of newsmen trying to make sense of it all.

10.   The group has defied many efforts to analyze its operations and performance.