11.   As a way to combat street gangs, Los Angeles is increasingly turning to injunctions.

12.   As rap became a big business and street gangs were lured by the power and money, insults were often responded to with fists, knives or guns.

13.   As urban fashion tracked the influence of street gangs, it also occasionally went deeper inside criminal culture for its inspiration.

14.   At first, the knee-jerk reaction here was to assume the shootings of Wardlow and the other blacks were the deadly handiwork of street gangs.

15.   A clique of teen-agers from a street gang, the Latin Kings, intimidated classmates and vandalized property.

16.   A bipartisan group of senators Wednesday introduced a bill that would strengthen federal organized crime laws to combat the spread of street gangs.

17.   A key reason is the growing affiliation with teen-age street gangs that has allowed prison gangs to reach out in ever more violent and organized ways.

18.   A sports team based at school is certainly more desirable than a street gang.

19.   A television is no better substitute for family and village than a street gang.