21.   He praised their efforts to find common ground for dealing with the immediate security problem but did not address the underlying issues dividing them.

22.   He praised efforts by international and French authorities to detect the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

23.   In Salinas, which once suffered from teen-age gang crime, Clinton praised community efforts to bring down the crime rate.

24.   It praised her efforts to broaden awareness of Celtic traditions in the United States.

25.   Judges Leonard I. Garth, Theodore A. McKee and Richard Lowell Nygaard praised efforts by Congress to protect children.

26.   Larson praised these efforts, but said states need to retool their classes for problem drivers by addressing attitudes rather than traffic laws.

27.   Many diplomats here praised his efforts.

28.   Mr Zhu praised the efforts of thousands of public security officers, soldiers and armed policemen who took part in the manhunt.

29.   Nevertheless, he praised efforts there and elsewhere to open markets.

30.   Praise his efforts, not just his performance, and encourage him to think of mistakes as part of the learning process.