51.   AmeriCares is organizing relief efforts in Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

52.   An effort in Austin to deregulate the Texas power market stalled last year when proponents were unable to put together a compromise agreement acceptable to the numerous parties involved.

53.   An effort in California to close that gap appears headed for defeat.

54.   An extreme level of argument accompanied those efforts in both houses.

55.   Among the revisions might be more pressure on individual sports governing boards to broaden their efforts in community sports and involve both women and minority athletes.

56.   Among its recommendations was a proposal to link the compensation of top managers to their efforts in meeting goals in minority hiring.

57.   And an April report by the General Accounting Office concluded that federal regulatory efforts in food safety are inconsistent and unreliable.

58.   Analysts expect that shrill rhetoric in the campaign toward the West could dampen prospects for U.S. business ventures there and undermine cooperative efforts in peacekeeping.

59.   And American Express killed its year-old Cobaltcard effort in November, after its dot-com partner, the Zowi Corp., suspended operations.

60.   And I feel very good that we are in better shape than we were six, eight months ago with our peace efforts in Bosnia.