1.   Try thinking of a single international agreement that countries have made more strenuous efforts than were strictly necessary to implement.

2.   This upper leftward node indicates a lesser propensity on the part of the reader to make the effort than for the two lower leftward nodes.

3.   Although billed as a new, low-fare airline, Shuttle by United is more of a repackaging effort than a new carrier.

4.   And, they argued, such legislation is more likely to hurt Republican fund-raising efforts than Democratic ones.

5.   A lot of people who watched the Derby -- including this person -- thought Congaree turned in an even more impressive effort than the winner.

6.   But Bush made a better effort than Gore to get into the serious part of the Elian debate.

7.   But none is putting in more effort than Spangler.

8.   But professional basketball is less about effort than about having excessively tall and talented players.

9.   But the adversity has made this a stronger and more balanced effort than the original partisan proposals.

10.   But Paris is an international stage, and it takes more effort than this to be a player on it.