1.   But its efforts have been disrupted by the sudden departure of its chairman, Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon.

2.   But some U.S. officials think allowing Elian to stay could disrupt efforts to recover American children pirated abroad by a foreign parent.

3.   Clinton said he waited because he did not want to disrupt emergency efforts.

4.   In addition, many scientists worry that the move could disrupt their efforts to monitor and predict earthquakes.

5.   It is my profound wish that his efforts are not disrupted by the memory of the night he came close to killing a man in the ring.

6.   It will provide new funds to a government that is exporting terrorism, developing nuclear weapons and disrupting peace efforts between Israel and the Arab world.

7.   Nor can we allow them to disrupt our efforts to protect public health.

8.   Recovery efforts were disrupted at one Oklahoma City hospital for a time Thursday.

9.   Three years ago, coca growers fought pitched battles with police just south of here in an attempt to disrupt such efforts.

10.   Wallace described how the noise of crushed stone tumbling into dump truck beds would disrupt his efforts to tune century-old Steinways.