21.   In an apparent effort to win more of the black vote here, Vice President Al Gore met secretly Sunday with the Rev. Al Sharpton, the controversial preacher.

22.   In an apparent effort to get some scoring punch, Murray dressed both Deadmarsh and Allison, even though both had been hobbled by injuries this week.

23.   In an apparent effort to get some scoring punch, Murray dressed forwards Adam Deadmarsh and Jason Allison, even though both had been hobbledby injuries this week.

24.   It is Jehona who sings songs and recites stories in an apparent effort to soothe both herself and the woman who is her temporary guardian.

25.   Loyola Law School professor Laurie Levenson said the handshakes were an apparent effort by both sides to show there were no hard feelings.

26.   Maslyukov flew on Friday to Sochi, where Primakov is on a working vacation, in an apparent effort to save his job.

27.   More telling, he seemed to suggest that he might invite political rivals into government in an apparent effort to build political support for whatever programs he proposes.

28.   Officials at the Defense Department are under suspicion for illegally releasing private personnel information about Tripp in an apparent effort to damage her credibility.

29.   Once, Beaver said, his stepfather grabbed his shirt in an apparent effort to assault him.

30.   Over a generation of regulatory activism, the federal government has been notorious for low-balling regulatory costs in an apparent effort to make proposals more acceptable.