11.   Muslims are also a diverse lot, whose ranks include African-Americans as well as immigrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

12.   On Wednesday, Collins was named the next Poet Laureate of the United States, an honor whose ranks include William Carlos Williams and Gwendolyn Brooks.

13.   Purchasers, whose ranks include large retail chains and providers, can buy pharmaceuticals directly from drugmakers or through group purchasing plans.

14.   Republic officials say their ranks include militia members but disavow any violence.

15.   Senders of electronic cards tend to be younger than the senders of paper greeting cards, and their ranks include a higher proportion of men.

16.   That partnership was created by BNP Paribas, a French banking giant whose ranks include initial UnderWater World investors.

17.   The ranks included such big names as David Mulford, chairman of CS First Boston and Winthrop Smith Jr., head of Merrill Lynch International.

18.   The ranks include two former Democratic House speakers, Gib Lewis of Fort Worth and Billy Wayne Clayton of Springlake.

19.   The rich are getting younger, and their ranks include more Asians, Hispanics, and other minorities.

20.   The weak chiding fails to consider that the IOC is an absurdly diverse group, whose ranks indeed include princes, sultans and assorted royalty.