21.   But nearly four years after the job was declared vacant, baseball, despite repeated attempts at self-immolation, has survived.

22.   But repeated attempts to enact a new bilingual education statute have been sidelined in the Legislature under pressure from bilingual advocates.

23.   But to many residents of Niagara Falls, who have seen business after business close and repeated attempts to rejuvenate their downtown fail, those arguments carry little weight.

24.   But weight-loss motivation can be hard to find and hold on to, particularly after repeated attempts have failed.

25.   Despite repeated attempts by city health officials to reassure the crowd, many parents said they were still nervous, and some kept their children out of school.

26.   Despite repeated attempts by the moderator, Gabe Pressman, to get them to mix it up, the candidates stubbornly refused to openly criticize one another.

27.   Despite repeated attempts, a Viant spokesman could not be reached due to busy telephone signals.

28.   Despite repeated attempts on his life, Lassiter tries to find the last mother and son before Della Torre and his goons get there.

29.   Despite repeated attempts to reach the seller, Porter has still not received the computer.

30.   Despite repeated attempts, Metropolitan Sergei could not be reached for comment.