31.   Harvard turned the ball over three times and had a short, first-quarter field-goal attempt blocked.

32.   He also said he would block any attempt to bring back rent control.

33.   He has blocked some attempts at reform and championed others.

34.   He took a hit when the Senate blocked his attempt to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to exploratory oil drilling.

35.   He was bailed out when the Lions blocked a field goal attempt.

36.   In addition, the Taliban blocked Saudi attempts to end the final skirmishing with the remainder of the mujahedeen who still controlled the north of the country.

37.   In one concrete example, Archer said he will block any attempt by the Clinton administration to increase taxes on oil producers.

38.   In the quarterfinals, he stood composed as Landon Donovan charged him, then stuck out his right hand like a crossing guard to block the attempt.

39.   In the Senate, the Democrats won procedural victories on two other spending bills, blocking Republican attempts to cut mass transit funds and to protect oil companies.

40.   Investigators say they also believe that other killings may have been planned to block attempts to modernize the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the PRI.