1.   The students directed their efforts toward improving their community.

2.   Efforts toward peace have been largely unsuccessful.

3.   Although Khatami was to address the rally later Saturday, he stayed away from an earlier demonstration in which students urged stronger efforts toward liberty.

4.   American and Italian investigators should point their efforts toward possible criminal prosecution, with appropriate punishment for anyone proved responsible.

5.   Analysts also expect Bundesbank rate policy to support efforts toward a European common currency by providing an anchor for interest rates in neighboring European Union countries.

6.   And the gender-bending humor reveals a double standard that undermines decades of effort toward gender equality.

7.   Applause broke out several times when Clinton and several panelists appealed for an ongoing, committed effort toward racial harmony.

8.   Arafat, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Rabin, expressed the hope that his death would not interrupt the efforts toward peace between Arabs and Israelis.

9.   At the Denver summit, Japan will explain its efforts toward fiscal and financial reform as a way to revitalize its economy, the person said.

10.   Beye began mediating efforts toward peace between Angolan rebels and the Angolan government.