21.   In a long conversation, Ms. White spoke several times of her unsuccessful efforts to raise money and to encourage people to run against entrenched, well-funded Democrats.

22.   In a case in Eastchester, the school district spent eight years in an unsuccessful effort to oust a high school principal.

23.   In the case of the bill approved Wednesday, the administration threw its weight behind an unsuccessful effort to change some of its language.

24.   In one such attempt, the American authorities staged a complicated commodities deal in an unsuccessful effort to lure Rich either to Kazakhstan or Monte Carlo.

25.   Jordan and Ewing led the unsuccessful effort to decertify the union.

26.   Just three years ago, she had led an unsuccessful effort to pass an identical tax.

27.   Justice Department officials said that they brought the suit after several unsuccessful efforts to negotiate a settlement with the University.

28.   Kraft said he turned to Connecticut in frustration after years of unsuccessful effort to win the subsidies he wanted from the Massachusetts Legislature for a new stadium.

29.   One of the California conservatives, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, led an unsuccessful effort from the floor to block the extension Monday.

30.   One of the losing bidders was Charles Dolan of Cablevision, who has made unsuccessful efforts to buy the Yankees, the Mets and the Jets.