31.   As clowns and life-sized cartoon characters mingled with the schoolchildren, Mrs. Arafat appealed to the United Nations to devote more effort to the Palestinian cause.

32.   But taking part in such cases amounted to collaborating with an evil, he said, urging judges and lawyers to instead devote their efforts to reconciling couples.

33.   Companies should devote more efforts into effective branding, marketing and promotion of their goods.

34.   He proposed that UNESCO devote efforts to help illiterates catch up on reading and writing.

35.   On Thursday, a Gerber nutritionist seemed surprised when asked why she and her colleagues devoted such effort to a market of one.

36.   Rwanda wants the mission to halt monitoring human rights abuses and devote its efforts to educating people about human rights.

37.   The opposition, political action groups and some academics have attacked the Chuan government for devoting its efforts to solving only the problems of the rich.

38.   Hvistendahl said that considerable effort has been devoted to the development of new business operations and investments in new computer systems.