1.   Although the United States places no domestic legal restrictions on encryption, the export controls alarm civil liberties groups, which see them as limits on private communications.

2.   Anti-mine groups were alarmed earlier this week by reports that President Clinton would approve a moratorium on land mines that would allow their use in Korea.

3.   But the reality of the emerging strategy and the structure of the forces arrayed against terrorism have alarmed groups of the left, right and libertarian stripe.

4.   But the groups were alarmed by witnesses from the Heritage Foundation and other conservative research groups who proposed changes as drastic as breaking up the department.

5.   More recently, in a move that has alarmed human rights groups, the Clinton administration has quietly begun sharing intelligence on guerrilla activities with the Pastrana government.

6.   The gaps in the log have alarmed veterans groups, who say the Defense Department may be hiding evidence of other exposure.

7.   The growing prospect that the beer tax paid by brewers will be halved has alarmed groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

8.   The notion alarms watchdog groups who view the public finance laws as vital to counter the excessive influence of special interests.

9.   The ruling alarmed groups fighting for the rights of children and crime victims.

10.   The U.S. military commitment has alarmed human rights groups and historians who see comparisons between the involvement in Colombia and what happened in Vietnam a generation ago.