11.   Gay activists have called for recognition of their partnerships for several years.

12.   In the meantime, Internet activists are calling on consumers to stop purchasing Adobe software.

13.   Kurdish activists here call Bonn their second enemy, after Ankara, even as they receive shelter from the harsh retribution that Turkey reserves for rebellious Kurds.

14.   Political activists have called on her about five times, as hungry for her vote as her customers are for her sliced ham.

15.   Some activists have called for replacing stores with homes.

16.   Some gay activists call the Merrimack policy the most far-reaching of its kind.

17.   Some activists are calling for his release.

18.   Some anti-sweatshop activists call them cynical attempts to prevent real reform, while many corporations view them as liberal meddling in the boardroom.

19.   Some religious activists have even called for the same treatment for tourists, but such a campaign has never taken root.

20.   The decision prompted a crosscurrent of criticism as antitobacco activists called it a sellout by an administration that opposed the suit anyway.