31.   A two-point conversion attempt failed.

32.   Again, the attempt failed.

33.   Aggies guard Bernard King took what appeared would be the final shot of regulation, but his rushed, off-balance attempt failed to draw iron or glass.

34.   All those attempts failed.

35.   But after a protracted search for the right materials and much fussing over the design, Moody admits that the attempt fails.

36.   But evacuation attempts failed.

37.   But many in the administration expect those attempts to fail, and there is disagreement over how to proceed with a more robust military strategy.

38.   But my first two attempts failed because somewhere between the computer where Real Player was archived and my own desktop, the connection failed.

39.   But several attempts failed.

40.   But so far, those attempts have failed.