1.   The first substantial efforts came from international organizations, particularly United Nations agencies and the OECD.

2.   Austria tried to mediate between the belligerents, but her efforts came to nothing.

3.   And for decades, those efforts have come up pitifully short.

4.   And Netscape has suffered financial reversals after its pioneering Internet efforts have come under sustained attack from Microsoft in their ongoing browser war.

5.   And the inspirational effort came against the powerful Philadelphia Flyers, to boot.

6.   At least one money-raising effort by Long came at the expense of a vendor he hired, according to that vendor.

7.   All the efforts came to naught.

8.   But both efforts came up short.

9.   But his toughest effort came last Saturday at Staples Center when he was replaced after allowing six goals against Chicago.

10.   But such efforts often came at a price.