1.   A similar group already exists in Northallerton and Mrs Grundy hopes to encourage other volunteers to help with the Darlington service.

2.   Throughout the region and important client group exists, whose basic funding is provided by the Arts Council and their local authorities.

3.   -- Several readers have pointed out that although Sarah Brady is chairman of Handgun Control, the group existed long before she and her husband became involved.

4.   A number opposition groups exist in the Middle East and Europe dedicated to toppling Saddam.

5.   But experts in security and terrorism expressed doubt that such a group even exists.

6.   But some experts said they doubted the group even existed.

7.   Generals, who a few short years ago denied that the paramilitary groups even existed, now call their members terrorists and bandits who must be hunted down.

8.   Groups for shopaholics exist, and they can help people recognize why they shop to excess and give them a ways to change their behavior.

9.   John R. Hagerty, a spokesman for the state police, said Tuesday that officials were investigating whether the group existed and if so, what it did.

10.   Law-enforcement experts question whether any such group exists as a formal organization, rather than as a collection of individuals all acting under the same banner.