Meanwhile, efforts to find a corporate sponsor were faring no better.

But an effort three years ago against potent fortified wines didn't fare nearly as well.

The artists' individual efforts, while all eminently youthful, fare better.

Few have resulted in substantive changes, and it is unclear if this effort will fare any better.

The effort to persuade the insurgents to hand over their heavy weapons, a core American demand, fared little better.

It is unclear how these efforts are faring: census officials would not give figures on the return rate in the Miami area.

Advocates of private management say smaller-scale efforts in which for-profit companies take on a single school instead of an entire district may fare better.

It was unclear this evening how the voluntary effort, which has been rejected by many local school districts, would now fare politically.

Diana comes to the rescue, but her efforts against BossKong do not fare any better.

Two other efforts did not fare as well.