21.   I have put several years of intense effort into this problem.

22.   Hybrids are now the subject of intense efforts by almost every major automaker.

23.   In militantly secular Turkey, a Muslim-oriented political movement is thriving despite intense efforts by generals and others to suppress it.

24.   In recent weeks, the president has led an intense lobbying effort to win over Republican moderates to the Republican alternative, sponsored by Rep. Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky.

25.   Intense diplomatic efforts over the weekend led to the formation of a slightly different team with a clearly limited mandate, and a change of heart in Washington.

26.   Intense lobbying efforts from senators, interest groups and the White House are focusing on six Democratic senators who voted for the measure earlier this month.

27.   Intense efforts to recruit more minority nursing students.

28.   Investigators did not disclose anything that made the cause of the crash clear, but they did mount an intense effort to recover parts of the plane.

29.   Labor has less influence there, and while the Gore campaign is making an intense effort to win, the state is not crucial to its success.

30.   Many proved to be quick on their feet, and won many customers through their own intense marketing efforts.