1.   A group including the Pacifica Foundation, poet Allen Ginsberg, and the National Federation of Community Broadcasters submitted a similar petition.

2.   Groups in Idaho, Texas and Michigan filed similar petitions last year.

3.   GTE-California has filed a similar petition.

4.   In its Monday letter, the delegation sought a meeting directly with Bonner, although the Customs Service has already denied a similar petition from Massport.

5.   In recent months, Doris Green, Manuel Hidalgo Rodriguez and Jeannie Bendt have filed similar petitions based in part on ineffective counsel.

6.   In the past, similar petitions by other organizations on vehicles like the Samurai and the Bronco II have been denied.

7.   Jeffrey T. Buley, a lawyer for the state Republican Party, condemned the actions by Democrats, who have fought their own similar petition battles in the past.

8.   Last year, Gingrich was humiliated by the success of a similar petition effort.

9.   R. Wicks Stephens II, attorney for the trustees, pointed out that a similar petition filed by William R. Hearst II last year was turned down.

10.   Similar petitions are circulating in the German-speaking regions of Italy, and another may be coming in Belgium.