1.   At the same time, patient watchdog groups have pressured the FDA to control the sometimes deadly side effects of new medicines.

2.   Business groups are pressuring Wilson to veto the bill, which would prevent companies from firing older workers just to profit from hiring younger, lower-paid employees.

3.   Civil-rights groups pressure Bethlehem Steel to adopt an affirmative-action initiative to ensure fairness in the hiring, training and promotion of African-Americans.

4.   He said Gluck was kidnapped for ransom by a rebel clan, but another group pressured them to release him.

5.   Last year, the groups pressured the White House to agree to set up a committee to recommend ways to fight religious persecution around the world.

6.   NBC, saying it was concerned that advocacy groups were pressuring the industry to modify program content, decided not to go along.

7.   Outside special interest groups have often pressured centrist denominations on highly charged political issues.

8.   Special interest groups have been pressuring Unocal to abandon the project, a move the company has resisted.

9.   But democracy groups have been pressuring Chuan to apologize to the Thai people, which he has refused to do.

10.   But anti-smoking groups were pressuring the FDA.