31.   Crime is ever-present in black townships, and Thugwane barely survived an attempt earlier this year to steal a car he won in a road race.

32.   Devi has vowed to stay in office, and recently survived an attempt by the BJP-controlled federal government to oust her.

33.   He survived an attempt on his life that was blamed on a renegade guerrilla leader and prime minister at the time, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

34.   His customary lack of emotion earned him high image marks when he survived an assassination attempt by Basque separatists last April.

35.   It was the second time in as many nights that Arroyo survived an attempt to force her from office and reinstall Estrada.

36.   It was the second time in as many nights that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo survived an attempt to force her from office.

37.   Last year, before his Olympic victory, Thugwane survived an attempt to hijack his car as he drove near his home.

38.   Lesnikov also survived an attempt on his life last month when a bomb exploded on the windowsill of his Yalta home, reports said.

39.   Major depends on nine Northern Ireland Protestant legislators to survive attempts to topple his government before the end of his five-year term in May.

40.   More recently, it survived an attempt by lawmakers last year to shut it down.