31.  Weeks of intensive diplomatic efforts to end the fighting collapsed on Tuesday with the rejection of a U.S.-backed peace plan by Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic.

32.  Palestinian Planning Minister Nabil Shaath said there were intensive international efforts to set up a meeting, but that no date has been set.

33.  A cease-fire has eluded the intensive efforts of Anthony Zinni, the U.S. mediator who has met repeatedly with both sides in three separate missions to the region.

34.  And in recent days, the Postal Service and Bush administration have launched an intensive effort to assure the safety of the mail system.

35.  But despite over a decade of intensive efforts, an HIV vaccine remains elusive.

36.  But despite the intensive lobbying effort, Congress is likely to pass the legislation.

37.  But Palestinian officials who spoke on condition of anonymity insisted intensive efforts were under way to set up a meeting.

38.  Canada and the Mexico joined the United States in intensive efforts to establish a security perimeter for North Armerica, tightening screening procedures for refugees.

39.  He added that the increase was due to intensive efforts by the ministry and other parties to boost soybean production.

40.  He plunged into an intensive effort to solidify his caucus behind the bill to limit the role of big money in politics.