51.   It sits on a bay that fights repeated attempts at cleanup.

52.   It has spread to other cities and defied repeated attempts at eradication.

53.   Josh was untrained and apparently untrainable, despite repeated attempts.

54.   Massoud said Western countries had underestimated the strength of the Kabul forces, which survived for two years despite repeated attempts by other armed groups to dislodge them.

55.   Mrs. Whitman has at least begun to come to grips with the problem, whereas repeated attempts to bring greater equity in New York have failed.

56.   Ms. Watson is being held without bail in the Essex County Jail Annex in Caldwell, N.J., where repeated attempts to reach her by telephone failed.

57.   News reports said that in the past week he had written Queen Elizabeth II complaining that his repeated attempts to rejoin the Scouts movement had been rejected.

58.   Neither Biskind nor family members have responded to repeated attempts for comment, including phone calls and correspondence, to his Cleveland or Scottsdale homes.

59.   Nobody much cares about her ideas on immigration, small businesses or education, despite her repeated attempts to focus on those issues.

60.   Norman Fell played the landlord, and Ms. Lindley was his wife, whose repeated attempts to seduce her husband were a running joke.