1.  Although Mexico has taken some steps recently to crack down on major drug traffickers, these efforts overall do not measure up to the seriousness of the problem.

2.  Although the unit could have done a few things better, said Carroll, the overall effort was solid.

3.  Another Silicon Valley businessman who had anti-wrinkle treatments with Botox and collagen described the procedures as just one part of an overall effort to stay competitive.

4.  Andersen has maintained that the destruction in those offices was limited and that the overall effort was not illegal.

5.  Bolstering the commercial fishing industry and other commercial water-dependent uses is one goal of the overall effort.

6.  A better indication of the defensive performance, and a truer measure of its contribution to the overall effort, is average yards allowed per play.

7.  A confident kid, he is also emphatically team-first and understands his success is partly a result of a concerted overall effort.

8.  But even as GOP leaders tinkered with legislative hot-spots to win over party moderates, their overall efforts appear doomed by a presidential veto.

9.  Defense Department officials have not put a price tag on the overall effort.

10.  For Poland, joining NATO also is part of its overall efforts to integrate with Western Europe.