1.   Massieu remains a free man, despite repeated attempts to arrest him on murder and drug charges.

2.   He never succeeded in spite of repeated attempts.

3.   Repeated attempts to ascertain the cause of the disaster had encountered difficulties in obtaining information.

4.   Repeated attempts to start up a newly refitted reactor were delayed by a series of minor faults, including a small fire, insulation problems, and pump failures.

5.   Despite repeated attempts by central Television to speak to Sarejevo Child Lifeline, no one was available for comment.

6.   The growth of competition put paid to repeated attempts by the railways and the political authorities to establish a financially viable railway.

7.   Americans fought off repeated German attempts to take the city.

8.   And there have been repeated attempts in most of the other states to pass similar legislation.

9.   Atkinson acknowledges that he kept the job, despite repeated attempts to force him out, be cause he had close ties to Sen. Barry Goldwater.