71.   Eventually, the Israeli police withdrew from the area, in keeping with their apparent efforts to minimize confrontations.

72.   France circulated an Iraq resolution Monday that combines elements of two competing drafts in an apparent effort to bridge the Security Council divide in establishing a new Iraq policy.

73.   France had sought a stronger role for such a figure, in an apparent effort to counterbalance U.S. predominance in the military chain of command.

74.   He added that King Hussein and senior officials did not respond to invitations to the fair, an apparent effort to distance themselves from the event.

75.   Gunfire and scores of grenade explosions echoed across Bujumbura where extremists threw up barricades on nearly empty streets Monday morning in an apparent effort to close down the capital.

76.   He refused to answer questions on NATO expansion at his final news conference here, an apparent effort at tact broken hours later when he arrived in Switzerland.

77.   However, in an apparent effort to avoid trouble, the king and queen did not attend the sacrifice but left their priest to take part.

78.   Hu visited five European countries last year in an apparent effort to raise his profile internationally, and Jiang announced Thursday that Hu would soon visit the United States.

79.   Hu visited five European countries last year in an apparent effort to make him more visible internationally.

80.   His car rounded a bend and rammed straight into the cafe with no apparent effort to turn away.