1.   A similar effort to learn elocution ended just as quickly.

2.   Her resolution followed a similar effort in the Oakland Unified School District that touched off a nationwide controversy.

3.   Other levees had been breached Friday night in similar efforts to spare populated areas.

4.   Similar efforts are needed to promote the appropriate use of antimicrobial drugs and infection control procedures in nursing homes.

5.   Joe and Malcolm Gauld both say children tend to do their utmost when they see their parents making similar efforts.

6.   An indication of the prospects of success of this and similar efforts was provided by the remarks of Ayatollah Khomeini.

7.   An effort similar to the California campaign fails in the Mississippi state Senate.

8.   An endowment drive might yield big bucks in Brookline, but how would a similar effort fare in Athol or Fall River?

9.   And he pledged to make a similar effort as president.

10.   And, citing British military interventions in Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan, Blair said his nation would join in similar efforts elsewhere if needed.