Despite our best efforts, the whole process of applying has become part of the myth too.
Until the deal is inked, however America may exert its best efforts behind the scenes.
These tend to exist, in spite of all your best efforts, in otherwise beautifully furnished rooms.
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After all, Obama handily won re-election despite the best efforts of Sean Hannity and Limbaugh.
Technology is proliferating at an exponential pace and despite law enforcement's best efforts, cybercrime grows unabated.
It is a biological menace, constantly morphing, eluding the best efforts to fight it.
Sweden's Peter Forsberg will not be there, despite his best efforts to get fit.
The Great North Air Ambulance Service later said he had died "despite everyone's best efforts".
Despite Mr Snow's best efforts, the tax cut is proving trickier to sell than many imagined.
But the best efforts of cryptographers over the past 30 years have failed to crack it.
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And yet this will be Willian's next stop, despite his best efforts to go elsewhere.
The best efforts to pacify the region have emphasised economic development and fair treatment.
Once 60 countries have ratified, the court will be born, despite America's best efforts.
Now, despite my best efforts, there is utterly no way to change it to something relevant.
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Chris Millar had Saints' best efforts, the midfielder forcing a save from Neil Alexander in each half.
Until the IPI deal is inked, however, the U.S. may exert its best efforts behind the scenes.
But they held out until half-time and despite Leinster's best efforts, Ben Herring's late try sealed victory.
Despite his best efforts, it was impossible to adhere entirely to the biblical description of the Ark.
Despite our best efforts, it took 7 months (April to November) before a new vaccine was ready.
Basketball fans get ready to watch their favorite teams provide their best efforts toward making the playoffs.
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But too often, their best efforts are thwarted by outdated technologies and outmoded ways of doing business.
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Discussing the purpose of life on earth, its unwieldiness regularly defeats the best efforts of famous maestros.
But when it comes to houseguests, even your best efforts to keep costs down might fail miserably.
The Microsoft investigation reveals the unvarnished truth that, despite best efforts, bribes are a constant risk in business.
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The setbacks did not make difference however as Gloucester dominated all aspects of the game, despite Bristol's best efforts.
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Here too, the best efforts of radical professors to convince their students to abandon Zionism seem to be faltering.
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"Despite our best efforts, Exubera has failed to gain the acceptance of patients and physicians, " Kindler said in a statement.
Seeing his business succumb despite his best efforts to keep it going was sad and stressful for both of us.
We will put our best efforts into the rest of the contract until it expires in the summer of 2008.
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