1.   But Clinton said his plan would not harm efforts to balance the budget.

2.   But some Democrats said the selection of Gephardt might harm efforts to win over independent swing voters who tend to be more moderate.

3.   Health care workers expressed fear his comments had harmed efforts to discourage people from risky sexual behavior.

4.   Israel had said that the sentence would harm efforts to restart peace negotiations.

5.   Parker said that USC is on the verge of one of its best recruiting classes, and added that his shaky status could harm those efforts.

6.   A National Party withdrawal from the government would stall progress toward redressing the discrimination of the apartheid era and harm efforts to attract needed foreign investment.

7.   A National Party withdrawal would stall progress toward redressing the discrimination of the apartheid era and harm efforts to attract needed foreign investment.

8.   Administration officials hope the move will not harm joint efforts by the United States and Russia to make sharp cutbacks in their offensive nuclear arms.

9.   Another fear was that an increase in the number of imports could also harm efforts to build a local production base for automobile exports.