11.   In recent years, the fundamentalist groups have gained adherents in the name of a holy war against U.S. institutions and influence, officials said.

12.   Islamic opposition groups are gaining popular support amid high unemployment and dissatisfaction with the government.

13.   Russell grew dismayed when people said he needed a nonprofit group to gain legitimacy.

14.   Such groups are gaining in their ability to force governments to listen to the concerns of their people, and they should be supported.

15.   The Black group is gaining ownership to the properties amid a rebound in the New York office market.

16.   The group also gained ownership of The Casbah, the Fullerton, Calif., studio where the band made its earliest recordings.

17.   The participants immediately plunged into a debate on whether certain ethnic or minority groups should gain admission into schools to the exclusion of others.

18.   The priesthood was a way for this immigrant group to gain a respected role in the community.

19.   The Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights watchdog group, concurs that heritage groups gained strength from the lowering of the Confederate flag in South Carolina.

20.   The Roski group did gain some clout with the recent addition of billionaire Eli Broad.