31.   Republican senators filibustered to death the latest attempt at campaign finance reform.

32.   Social norming is the latest attempt by colleges to persuade their students to be more responsible.

33.   That debate is at the center of a fight brewing over the latest attempt to remake the rules that govern how drugs are approved.

34.   That is a hopeless task in regard to his latest attempt to explain the inexcusable pardon of the fugitive financier Marc Rich.

35.   That debate is at the center of a fight brewing over the latest attempt to remake the rules that govern how drugs are approved by the federal government.

36.   The Accord is the latest attempt of Philip Morris and rival RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. to develop non-traditional cigarettes.

37.   The campaign, aimed at the Clinton administration, is the latest attempt to turn around the financially ailing airline and make it more competitive.

38.   The Crosspad, the latest attempt to link handwriting and computers, uses a pen with a miniature radio transmitter.

39.   The device is the latest attempt by VeriFone to gain control of the way secure transactions are handled on the Internet.

40.   The inquiry, disclosed by Augat in a quarterly report this week, is the latest attempt by the SEC to crack down on options insider trading.