71.   In recent months the Vatican has grown increasingly harsh in its condemnation of the fighting and of the ineffectiveness of international efforts to end it.

72.   International efforts to bolster the biological pact have lagged without strong American action.

73.   International efforts to end the war rest principally with the negotiations being coordinated by Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke.

74.   International efforts to make a cease-fire hold are based on the notion that both sides want peace enough that they are willing to negotiate and give something up.

75.   International efforts to shore up the banking system failed.

76.   Investors are concerned because the IMF is spearheading an international effort to rescue Asian economies that have been in financial crisis since June.

77.   Indeed, the Bush plan would appear to divert to his program funds that were recently added by Congress to the international AIDS effort.

78.   It is also deemphasizing its modest international efforts and its small-business portal.

79.   International efforts to halt this trade focus on the newly agreed Kimberley Protocol, which requires all diamonds to come with a certificate of origin.

80.   It should also begin organizing a broad international effort to shape a peace settlement with which Israelis and Palestinians can live.