1.  After several unsuccessful efforts, they would become discouraged and often would begin to spit up.

2.  Their unsuccessful efforts included a move to block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing provisions of environmental laws now on the books.

3.  And he was involved in at least two unsuccessful efforts to enter the computer business, with a consumer computer and with engineering work stations.

4.  And she has arranged three visits from the city bus authority, in what remains an unsuccessful effort to teach Ms. Armstrong how to ride the bus.

5.  Backed by a diverse coalition, Shelby led an unsuccessful effort last year to restrict the ability of banks to sell or trade personal customer information.

6.  A terminal cancer patient, Chagra grabbed headlines again last year with an unsuccessful effort to get a compassionate medical release.

7.  All of the men have been involved in repeated unsuccessful efforts to register the party with Chinese authorities in recent months.

8.  Draper traces the markedly unsuccessful British efforts to control the production of wool, hats and iron in the colonies.

9.  Eugene police officers said that the arsonists had set up an incendiary device in an unsuccessful effort to ignite a fuel truck belonging to a local oil company.

10.  Feinstein, D-Calif., and Coverdell, R-Ga., have led past unsuccessful Senate efforts to override administration certifications of Mexico.