21.   Eight years ago, his first BOC attempt ended when his boat ran aground at the southern tip of New Zealand.

22.   His first attempt ended in early June when he fell and broke a bone in his leg, setting his progress back three months.

23.   His first five attempts all ended in crashes.

24.   Many attempts have ended in tragedy.

25.   Red October issued a joint statement with its suitor, the Koloss food company, that said the takeover attempt had ended.

26.   That attempt also ended in the Pacific, but closer to the mainland of the United States.

27.   The last such attempt ended Friday in neighboring Ethiopia.

28.   Two other balloons set off earlier this month to try to circumnavigate the globe, but both attempts ended quickly in emergency landings.

29.   The two previous attempts ended badly, as she was apprehended by Chinese police and sent back to a North Korean jail.

30.   NATO forces carried out two raids last week on villages in southeastern Bosnia in a bid to capture Karadzic but both attempts ended in failure.