31.   In part because of lawsuits, in part because of drawn-out regulatory timetables, those efforts are just now beginning to take hold.

32.   In the days that followed, despite the saber rattling, a final effort began to settle the criminal case.

33.   In the meantime, NATO is capable of inflicting severe, daily punishment on Serb units in Kosovo from the air, and that effort has barely begun.

34.   Japanese labor experts say that cases like these suggest that although a national effort is just beginning, the country will be able to attract talented immigrants.

35.   Last school year, a similar effort began in science, with high school students at the same minimal academic threshold being enrolled in Regents-level biology.

36.   Last week, his efforts began to pay off.

37.   Marketing efforts have begun, he said, but a remaining problem will be in attracting money from the governments and other institutions most likely to use the laser.

38.   Most often, the efforts begin with neighborhoods like Rogers Park in Chicago, where residents simply got fed up.

39.   Now those recovery efforts are beginning to pay off.

40.   Now, it appears that those efforts are beginning to pay off.