1.   But even belated efforts to provide some technical training are falling short.

2.   Initially at least, the belated effort worked.

3.   Neither the voice of the people nor the belated efforts of his lawyers will sway the only person whose vote counts.

4.   Republicans, still regrouping after a series of stinging budget setbacks, are making a belated effort to claim credit.

5.   That improves upon the array of modest reforms the industry has embraced in a belated effort to restore investor confidence.

6.   The belated efforts to keep Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont in the Republican Party were botched on two levels.

7.   The Kremlin on Wednesday lifted tariffs on medicines, a belated effort to cope with shortages of drugs in pharmacies and hospitals.

8.   The Mutual Fund Center is a belated effort to compete with the well-entrenched fund marketplaces of other leading discount brokers, such as Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments.

9.   The sheik has been a relentless advocate of attacking Israel, and the move was apparently a belated effort to assuage the Israelis.

10.   The story will update where negotiations are between Judge Robert Eckels and Astros officials and report on a belated effort to get a ballpark downtown.