1.   The best planned change efforts can be undone by a coalition of powerful executives who want to protect the status quo.

2.   After city officials spent months negotiating compromises in their strict anti-smoking ordinance, a Legislative committee passed a bill Wednesday that would undo their efforts.

3.   So Lott agreed not to oppose the amendment that undid his effort to undo the limits.

4.   The comment undid efforts by the Italian Prime Minister, Lamberto Dini, to inspire confidence in the oft-battered lira.

5.   Tired of feeling inadequate for failing to preserve the old ways, people conclude that someone else has been undoing their efforts.

6.   It flowed in turns with each team undoing individual efforts.

7.   Pakistani business leaders feared Friday the slaying here of US journalist Daniel Pearl could undo their efforts to promote the debt-ridden country to foreign investors.