1.   A national patient advocacy group estimates chronic fatigue syndrome affects half a million Americans.

2.   A national Islamic advocacy group worried that agents would abuse the new system.

3.   But now a powerful national advocacy group, one with the ear of federal lawmakers, wants to shut it down, saying the children are unfairly segregated.

4.   But the Council for Exceptional Children will continue to press for the Senate clause, said David Egnor, who lobbies for the national advocacy group.

5.   Leaders of national advocacy and civil rights groups say that what is happening in New Britain reflects the current mood of Hispanic residents across the country.

6.   She is president of Common Cause, which leads a coalition of national advocacy groups that support a bipartisan federal bill.

7.   The case put Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the national advocacy group, in the unusual position of siding against the widow of a drunken driver.

8.   The consumer groups include Community Catalyst, a national health care advocacy organization, and Citizen Action of New York.

9.   The executive director of a national advocacy group, Decker took part in the enactment of ADA a decade ago.

10.   The largest is United HealthCare, which sells medigap plans to members of the American Association of Retired Persons, a national senior advocacy group.