51.   Hernandez warned that some extremists might try to block any effort to turn Elian over to his father.

52.   However, because both countries possess veto power at the Security Council, they could block all efforts by Russia and China to arrange for an immediate ceasefire.

53.   House Democrats are trying to block Republican efforts to attach tax and spending cuts to the debt limit bill.

54.   If such an effort is blocked, the US Congress may come into play.

55.   In the closing days of the last Congress, Republicans blocked Senate efforts to take up the bill, and it died.

56.   In September, three first-term Republican congresswomen blocked renewed efforts to move the statue.

57.   In Guatemala, powerful coalitions of financial and agricultural groups have refused to pay taxes and have blocked all efforts at reform.

58.   In the House, as in the Senate, Republicans rallied around Bush and blocked Democratic efforts to provide more money than Bush wanted.

59.   In the immediate aftermath of the embassy bombing, administration officials suggested that China would not block efforts to resolve the Kosovo crisis at the United Nations.

60.   In the last three years, the two groups have blocked efforts by President Clinton and Congress to set uniform nationwide standards for health insurance.