Efforts to obtain comment from male jurors were unsuccessful.

Efforts to obtain comment from officials of the asbestos task force late yesterday were unavailing.

Attempts to obtain comment from bank officials were unsuccessful.

Attempts to obtain comment from the Port Authority police last night after the hearings ended was unsuccessful.

Efforts to obtain comment from the Cuban Government were unsuccessful.

The Times should have obtained comment from the two companies.

It was not immediately possible to obtain comment from the police in a city without electricity and with little phone service.

Mr. Pistone did not respond to repeated messages that were left with his secretary in an effort to obtain comment.

Efforts to obtain comment from officials at the Canadian Embassy here were unsuccessful.

Repeated efforts to obtain comment from the doctors and clinics on Friday were unsuccessful.