1.   Drawn from several BNFL departments, this group fought and won a battle against time to hit the tightest of deadlines.

2.   An apparently even more radical group is fighting in the neighboring republic of Dagestan, which is also nominally under Russian sovereignty.

3.   An environmental group has been fighting the oil industry on the matter in Alabama, where it is now tied up in the courts.

4.   As Fischer explains, Defenders of Wildlife established the wolf fund slowly and cautiously, and most other environmental groups fought the experimental designation.

5.   Arafat has been happier to see these groups fight Israel than challenge his own power.

6.   Arthur B. Spitzer, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital area, said his group would fight the proposal.

7.   Both groups fought several hours earlier outside a Hempstead night club.

8.   AIDS-treatment advocacy groups have fought the measure, arguing that it would discourage people from being tested and seeking treatment.

9.   Both groups have been fighting for control of four northern provinces.

10.   Business groups are fighting for more specific definitions to protect themselves from employees who claim legal benefits due to a wide range of health conditions.