31.  The drive to intensify political efforts has not been entirely behind the scenes.

32.  The national staff lobbied on Capitol Hill, coordinated political efforts, helped affiliates do research and helped train organizers.

33.  The Russians also say the two sides should put more emphasis on political efforts to dissuade Third World nations from building long-range missiles.

34.  This is only the latest political effort to make a religious end-run around the court and the Constitution.

35.  This year, the AFL-CIO is devoting millions to a broad-based political effort geared toward turning union members out to vote for pro-labor candidates.

36.  Unocal has described the suit as a political effort to force it to pull out of Myanmar.

37.  Political efforts to stop the fighting were inching forward after a lull.

38.  But it prefers to emphasize political efforts to stop missile proliferation.

39.  But there is little indication that countries are willing to devote the great political effort required.

40.  He has been at the head of numerous national political efforts, most often focused on fund raising.