51.   Because the difficulty of finding housing is a constant lament, many school officials are trying to find ways to help.

52.   Because of the danger meth labs leave behind, law-enforcement officials try to remove all chemical traces, which raises the cost of a bust significantly.

53.   Baseball officials have tried to do something about Albert Belle, but no amount of counseling is going to change him.

54.   Because the old guard is slowly receding, Tour officials are trying to create excitement and bring fans closer to the action.

55.   Bibby and other team officials have tried to reach him to no avail.

56.   Berkeley officials tried to dissuade him, but he was intent on leaving.

57.   ----- Even before the cooler weather arrived in Miami, Gulfstream officials tried a new approach to cooling off the Europeans.

58.   A low-level State Department official tried and failed to restore sanity.

59.   A second Navy aircraft carrier was headed for Taiwan on Tuesday as Chinese officials tried to allay U.S. anxiety over the military exercises.

60.   A school official tried to keep order as the teachers, most of them women in burqas, elbowed each other aside for the oil.