31.   But her friends say it was a desperate attempt to kill herself with pills and liquor.

32.   But it might also lead to a last desperate attempt to defeat the hated enemy by arms not tried before.

33.   But one competitor dismissed the merger as a desperate attempt by AirTouch to buy new subscribers.

34.   Cornered in a deadend hallway and with nowhere to turn, he fell face down on the floor in a desperate attempt to plaster himself to the tiles.

35.   Critics say the Wells bid for First Interstate is a desperate attempt to keep up with the industry in spite of its lack of internal growth.

36.   Democrats immediately dismissed the plan as inadequate and a desperate attempt to cash in on what has been largely a Democratic issue.

37.   Desperate attempts to express mail Princess to San Jose in time for the next game failed.

38.   Did the bit change reflect a desperate attempt to alter his training habits?

39.   Enacted in July, the law was a desperate attempt at comprehensive gun controls.

40.   Even good banks have been forced to dump assets in a desperate attempt to pay off frightened depositors and foreign creditors.