1.   But advocates for coastal property owners called the report a thinly disguised effort to use federal insurance regulations to force people off the beach.

2.   But supporters of the agency argued that the amendments were a thinly disguised effort to gut OSHA.

3.   Democrats complained that the hiring of Schippers was a thinly disguised effort to beef up the Republican committee staff in anticipation of an impeachment inquiry.

4.   However, opponents charge that the salary boost for the president is a disguised effort to increase pay for many senior officials.

5.   Many of the wandering test takers complained about the thinly disguised effort at marketing.

6.   The league suspected his move to lead the decertification movement was a thinly disguised effort to take control of the union.

7.   Without them the Pataki plan is merely a poorly disguised effort to drive the homeless out of shelters.