61.   Both Chong and Ali made two futile attempts to shoo it away.

62.   DESPERATE fish farmers on Cheung Chau Island have tried to move their fish to clearer waters in a futile attempt to save their fishstock.

63.   He closed in on goal and beat keeper Jamie Cross, who raced off his line in a futile attempt to thwart the opporunity.

64.   In early April he sent an envoy to Belgrade in a futile attempt to win an Easter cease-fire.

65.   In early April, he sent an envoy to Belgrade in a futile attempt to win an Easter cease-fire.

66.   In early April, John Paul sent a top envoy to Belgrade in a futile attempt to win an Easter cease-fire.

67.   It was aided by Bucaram himself, who declared a national holiday in a futile attempt to defuse the protest.

68.   It later was postponed three times for futile attempts to persuade the opposition to participate.

69.   It launched an unsuccessful army assault on the rebels, then tried hiring foreign mercenaries in another futile attempt to break the rebellion.

70.   Keane then chipped the ball over Zoltan Sebescen, who made a desperate slide in a futile attempt to stop the ball.