11.   And none too soon, most American parents would say.

12.   Anita Petit was born in Germany to American parents working as civilian teachers on a US military base.

13.   As a child of American parents, he was a U.S. citizen.

14.   As a result, Heins feels free to dismiss the concerns of millions of American parents.

15.   Born in Mexico City to American parents, Mc Phail attended high school at the Kent School in Kent, Conn.

16.   According to the State Department, Germany favors German parents in custody cases and prevents American parents from gaining access to children living in Germany.

17.   Adoptive American parents like to call attention to the paradoxes of their situation, especially in the increasingly complex skein of reproductive politics.

18.   But capturing the two-legged predators who spray bullets into crowds of children in U.S. cities would satisfy millions of American parents and taxpayers.

19.   Clinton has recently come under pressure from an organized lobby of American parents who complain that Germany has violated conventions guaranteeing the return of kidnapped children.

20.   Even though it is a widespread practice in many other cultures, American parents traditionally have been discouraged from sleeping in the same bed with their child.