1.   There have been several other attempts with the Department of Defense that took a stab at a new vehicle.

2.   Although pine sap, bird mess and acid rain do their best to destroy her glossy finish, we foil their attempts with our special beauty treatment.

3.   And having failed in recent merger attempts with Telecom Italia and Qwest Communications, the German giant is eager to do a deal.

4.   Attempts with closed-cycle glasshouses have shown that sooner or later diseases will emerge and spread, he warns.

5.   But Jacksonville defensive end Clyde Simmons blocked the extra-point attempt with his left hand.

6.   But lovable Pippi foils all their attempts with her street smarts and her brawn.

7.   But two attempts with the mechanical snake did not open the drain.

8.   Hall made only one of five field-goal attempts with Foley holding.

9.   His career wound down after two more seasons in Utah, another in a pro league in Israel and a couple of comeback attempts with Charlotte and the Suns.

10.   Now the government must decide if it wants to make a similar attempt with the two big oil companies.