31.   Some who have been attacked in an apparent attempt to silence them have survived, like Beatrice Nyiransengimana.

32.   Somebody laid nail-studded boards across a dirt road on the Stanislaus National Forest in an apparent attempt to cause tire punctures. . . .

33.   The apparent attempt to bomb the synagogue on Friday was one more in a series of anti-Semitic attacks in recent weeks in France and elsewhere in Europe.

34.   The church service was briefly disrupted by a woman who rushed to the front of the room in an apparent attempt to speak to the president.

35.   The United States on Friday expressed disapproval of the apparent smuggling attempt.

36.   The unusual resolution to the standoff was proposed by government prosecutors Tuesday in an apparent attempt to avoid being the ones who directly reveal the identities of confidential informants.

37.   Those commercials show McCollum without a tie, an apparent attempt to improve his image among voters, who have described him as stiff, brittle and judgmental.

38.   This can hardly be called a definitive biography, but that was not the apparent attempt.

39.   Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, a former Wall Street investment banker, has made no apparent attempt to whip up concerns about the economic effects of an impeachment.

40.   Other Arab governments, including Jordan and Yemen, have discouraged pro-Iraq protests in an apparent attempt to prevent civil unrest.