41.   Smith singled out Mostar, where Croat-Muslim enmity is at its worst and which has not yet reunified despite strenuous efforts by its European Union administrator.

42.   Strenuous efforts and dogged shuttling by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Dennis B. Ross and other U.S. mediators have failed to make a serious dent.

43.   The authorities are making strenuous efforts to cushion the hard knocks on the workforce.

44.   The government made strenuous efforts to convey the impression the transition would be smooth.

45.   The issue is a politically perilous one for Gephardt and the Democrats, who are waging a strenuous effort to win back the House in the fall elections.

46.   There are many peoples who made strenuous efforts to make this happen, in this region, in Europe and elsewhere.

47.   Western and Israeli intelligence reports say Iran is making strenuous efforts to achieve a nuclear weapons capability and to acquire missiles capable of reaching Israel.

48.   Western experts believe that Iran is making strenuous efforts to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles capable of delivering them.

49.   He refused to explain why but the Palestinian Authority has made strenuous efforts to prevent publication in areas under its control of claims for attacks.

50.   Ministers and trade negotiators emerging from the meeting said the strenuous efforts for a consensus would continue Wednesday.