21.   Despite desperate attempts to revive her, the trace remained stubbornly flat, until in the end they had to give up.

22.   Along North Autumn Street, residents were filling sandbags at the back of the San Jose Arena in a desperate attempt to keep the river out of their homes.

23.   And analysts speculated that Hynix had been cutting prices still further in a desperate attempt to claw back market share and buck up the confidence of creditors.

24.   Analysts usually make sober, solemn pronouncements in a desperate attempt to make sense of the wild craps game that is the stock market.

25.   And, unfortunately, De La Hoya and his ever-protective handlers even bungled their desperate attempts at damage control.

26.   Another was to fly to Ireland for physical therapy with the renowned Gerard Hartmann, in a desperate attempt to salvage her career.

27.   Belgrade, in a desperate attempt to stanch the rebel advances, has been pounding border villages like Junik with heavy artillery in the last three days.

28.   A once-great player, dogged by an injury that threatens to end his career prematurely, makes that desperate attempt to remain relevant.

29.   Aguirre believes the guerrillas began the effort in a desperate attempt to keep pace with the paramilitaries, the vigilante forces that attack the rebels and their civilian supporters.

30.   Aikman was then chased into the end zone and made a desperate attempt to get rid of the ball.