1.   And some agency efforts have fizzled.

2.   But by early winter the Bradley effort fizzled as Gore intensified his campaign and consolidated the support of key Democratic groups such as minorities and labor.

3.   But the effort fizzled immediately and never seriously threatened again.

4.   Reagan was out of office after two terms as governor before he seriously ran for president, while Wilson and Jerry Brown each saw their own efforts fizzle.

5.   The effort fizzled, and Swindle left to run for Congress in Honolulu.

6.   The initiative grew out of a push by Bush for large-scale property tax relief, but the effort fizzled during the last days of the session.

7.   The impact might be greatest at Cornell and Brown, where organizing efforts fizzled in the last two years.

8.   The partners halfway expected the effort to fizzle like the notoriously undependable brand of fireworks that had inspired them.

9.   The United States also promoted a U.N. treaty to ban bribery, but that effort fizzled.

10.   Though the company has always been strong on technological innovation, its flashiest efforts have sometimes fizzled in the marketplace.