61.  An earlier effort two weeks ago failed due to equipment problems.

62.  An earlier effort was aborted in March.

63.  Earlier efforts to launch a Eurobond in the first half of this year were scrapped because of the June presidential election, which was won by incumbent Boris Yeltsin.

64.  Earlier efforts by the neighboring countries produced no results.

65.  Earlier efforts to restore the church were fraught with problems caused by shoddy workmanship and poor planning.

66.  Earlier efforts by Egypt to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians have failed.

67.  He also is seeking to revive earlier efforts to use tax breaks to help communities upgrade existing schools.

68.  In the process, he restored some ministries that had been abolished in an earlier effort to streamline the government.

69.  Local media also reported rumors of earlier efforts to buy the loyalty of some lawmakers.

70.  Self said the team lost at Penn State because players let up late in the first half, and was not pleased by an earlier effort at Northwestern.