1.   At the district court level, judges like Harold Cox in Mississippi balked desegregation efforts by the Kennedy administration that nominated them.

2.   Across the country, nearly all other districts with successful desegregation efforts had large countywide remedies with mandatory busing of black or white students.

3.   But the dispute over money was inextricably tied to the contention over diversity in schools in a city that has long been a battleground for desegregation efforts.

4.   Critics said Ashcroft tried to stymie even voluntary desegregation efforts.

5.   HUD filed a response this week asking Judge Buchmeyer to stay a provision in his order that would force the agency to investigate communities that resist the desegregation effort.

6.   If the board decides to remove the program from the school system and charge tuition, he said, it will be abandoning a crucial desegregation effort.

7.   Landmark began intervening in the case on behalf of Kansas City taxpayers after Clark ordered property tax increases to finance the desegregation efforts.

8.   Many voluntary desegregation efforts have been tried in Hartford, and have failed.

9.   Since then, the black parents have returned to court often to complain about the slow pace and limited effectiveness of desegregation efforts.

10.   Some officials feared that a Supreme Court decision favoring the state could lead to a weakening of desegregation efforts in other states.