41.   One lawyer said that Chavis had tried to find employment for Ms. Stansel but that his efforts had been thwarted because she had overstated her qualifications.

42.   Opponents of genetically engineered foods are concerned that passage of this federal act would thwart their efforts to get states like California to impose labeling requirements.

43.   President Fernando Henrique Cardoso opposes the changes and was able to thwart an effort to pass a similar bill in May.

44.   Prosecutors also said Asahara tried to thwart police efforts to raid cult facilities in late March last year by throwing Tokyo into turmoil with the sarin gas attack.

45.   Republicans, by contrast, say Clinton has thwarted their efforts to save the program from bankruptcy.

46.   Sen. Conrad Burns went after money intended for the wolf reintroduction program in Yellowstone, but his efforts were temporarily thwarted.

47.   Several carriers had been pushing for an increase for months, but their efforts were thwarted by Northwest Airlines, which refused to go along.

48.   Some theorists believe in a cosmic censorship that is supposed to thwart all efforts to see naked singularities.

49.   Strong gales thwarted efforts to launch the shuttle Discovery on Monday, and forecasters were not optimistic the outlook would improve for another attempt today.

50.   That inner conviction thwarts every effort to end the racial tensions that guarantee future riots and further alienation.

v. + effort >>共 652
make 10.71%
hamper 3.33%
support 3.26%
continue 3.03%
step_up 2.47%
coordinate 2.23%
lead 2.13%
block 1.69%
resist 1.49%
undermine 1.47%
thwart 0.81%
thwart + n. >>共 430
effort 10.45%
attempt 6.86%
attack 4.31%
plan 4.07%
competition 2.47%
investigation 1.44%
plot 1.44%
will 1.12%
terrorism 1.04%
terrorist 0.96%
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