11.   Aside from the policy conflicts with Pawlak, who has been almost conspicuously silent on Poland and NATO, Olechowski was also affected by government efforts to discredit him.

12.   As the State Department warns, dual nationality may limit U.S. government efforts to assist citizens abroad.

13.   Asking different questions from Republican pollsters, the nonpartisan Pew Research Center recently found wide public support for government efforts to regulate the tobacco industry.

14.   Banks fell amid concern government efforts to boost their productivity by allowing them to slim down their work force may face opposition from labor unions.

15.   Banks in Japan have suffered from years of bad loans, low profits and antiquated technology despite numerous government efforts to strengthen the system.

16.   Besides documented government efforts to usurp the power of black leadership, records show that the government used black people for unethical medical experiments.

17.   Brazilian stocks declined this week as the government delayed efforts to cut unwieldy spending that is seen leading to a big budget deficit.

18.   -- Half of all residents say state government efforts to protect the environment are inadequate.

19.   A federal government effort to thin dense pine forests with a controlled burn near Los Alamos, N.M., suddenly burst into a disastrous wild fire.

20.   A November FTC report requested by McCain cited potential legal problems with any government effort to regulate the marketing of films, records or video games.