1.   Congress is irretrievably split, unable in recent votes to back the current strategy, escalation or an end to the war.

2.   Kellogg has been unable in recent years to capitalize on the power of its brand.

3.   Russia has so far been unable in several high-level diplomatic missions to Belgrade to extract any significant concessions from Milosevic.

4.   There is a lot of competition for these permits and we had been unable in several tries to get one to go rim to rim.

5.   We have one county that is seemingly unable in almost any election to get its returns done on time.

6.   Zinni, a retired Marine Corps general, was unable in two previous missions to mediate a truce.

7.   Clinton was unable in his two presidential terms to prod Israel and the Palestinians into a peace accord, which was his top foreign policy priority.

8.   Senior clerics have been unable in recent months to gather enough support for such a motion in the Holy Synod which runs the Church.

9.   Senior clerics have been unable in recent months to gather enough support for such a motion in the Holy Synod, which runs the Church.

10.   The ministers were unable in June to break a deadlock over the candidacies of former Venezuelan Oil Minister Alirio Parra and Iranian diplomat Hussein Kazempoor Ardebili.