1.   As a startup in the already crowded field of conservative Christian public advocacy organizations, the Center was in search of a strategy and a focus.

2.   As in his public advocacy, he hopes to advance germ defenses.

3.   Bennett, on the other hand, considers public advocacy part of his job, and deals with questions both political and legal.

4.   But Common Cause, a public advocacy group, has asserted that since Gingrich does know about Murdoch now, he should forgo the book deal.

5.   But only public access to that information will protect motorists, said Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a Washington public advocacy organization.

6.   He questioned whether Congress envisioned such a function in exempting public advocacy groups from paying taxes.

7.   He did not repay some loans, leading public advocacy groups to charge that they were illegal campaign donations.

8.   In Arizona, it was the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, a non-profit public advocacy group represented by Phoenix attorney Tim Hogan.

9.   Public advocacy groups have asserted that the loans violated state laws limiting the size of political contributions.

10.   Public advocacy groups often challenge banks as they seek regulatory approval for various transactions to pressure them into lending more in inner city neighborhoods.