21.   The King turned back the coup attempt with a forceful speech on national television and has been a hero ever since.

22.   The sophomore from Dallas Lake Highlands was admittedly shaky before the kick, since he had missed two earlier field-goal attempts with the wind at his back.

23.   Three times the Raider defenders bailed the Colts out of failed third-down attempts with penalties.

24.   ARCO spokesman Paul Williams said conciliation attempts with the union so far had not resolved the dispute.

25.   Australian guard Aaron Trahair let fly with a three-point attempt with less than a second remaining and it floated in as the buzzer sounded.

26.   Below the Three Sisters lies the massive box canyons that, according to history, thwarted many early exploration attempts with their rainforest gullies backed by verticle cliffs.

27.   Billy Wagner earned his fifth save in as many attempts with a scoreless ninth.

28.   But Banks, who entered the game on a conversion attempt with seven seconds left in the first half, also started the third quarter.

29.   Campos blocked the first penalty attempt with his legs, but was unable to control the ball, which bounced back to Preki for the second chance.

30.   France on Thursday reported three failed attempts with NATO this month to rescue two French pilots shot down by Serb rebels in Bosnia during the recent NATO bombing campaign.