51.   He is such an obscure player that Darryl Seibel, spokesman for the U.S. team, has been frustrated trying to run down his records.

52.   He was ineffective trying to throw the ball downfield and resorted mostly to short passes in the second half.

53.   Investigators originally suspected Abu Sayyaf, but Tourism Secretary Richard Gordon later said the gunmen were pirates trying to capture a speedboat.

54.   Likely first choice midfielders Sebastian Deisler and Christian Ziege, defenders Christian Woerns and Marko Rehmer and reserve forward Marco Bode are all trying to shake injuries.

55.   Middlesbrough manager Bryan Robson, who a week ago said he would be reluctant to release the three, admitted it would be fruitless trying to keep them.

56.   Now they are all trying to get to know each other again.

57.   Saturday, the woman was frantic trying to protect their homes from kick-in move-ins and citywide scavenging by returning ethnic Albanians.

58.   Sills, speaking in New York, said it was unclear whether Lahrache was a victim of the Islamic insurgency trying to top the military-backed government.

59.   The Israelis said they were journalists trying to take pictures, but had no official media accreditation.

60.   The only batter to reach base in the next four innings, Wendell Magee, was retired trying to stretch his hit into a double.