Trash won't delete--Dialog box says: "...not have sufficient privileges"

Help!!
The dialog box, which is labled "Trash" at the top, says in full: "The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items."
I did the following, which had no effect on this problem.
1. I ran Repair Permissions on the Disk Utility.
2. I looked at the permissions in the "more info" pane and I do have "Read & Write" capabilities. Also, I checked this for the Trash file as well.
What suggestions can you make so that I can empty the trash folder?
Thanks for the help.
Jeff

Hi, Jeff. Welcome to the Discussions.
See my "Solving Trash Problems" FAQ. In particular, you may find the utilities recommended therein for dealing with stubborn files especially helpful.
Good luck!
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