It's not as if this were a subtle effort.

Not only are their efforts more subtle, such modern anti-union practices can be "disguised as constructive employee relations."

He now seems bulletproof, insulated from subtle efforts by Bush administration hawks to force him out.

You'll see a lot of subtle effort over the next month to lay the groundwork for lower expections.

Her tone told Nick, however, that she was making a subtle effort to cause trouble.

Yet much of his work consisted of more subtle efforts to reshape racial perceptions.

More subtle efforts by the Soviet authorities to convert Hartmann to communism also failed.

The Government had made various efforts, both subtle and crude, to cut down the size of the rally.

There is also a subtle effort to enhance Rutgers' identification as the state university.

Today, Payton defended himself with a subtle effort to explain the chancy nature of his assignment.