11.   A standoff between seasoned St. Petersburg riot police and a motley group of school kids, parents and teachers has stretched on most of the week.

12.   But as the motley group makes its way to Mexico, several twists and turns arise involving family ties, double-crosses and hidden agendas.

13.   In the center, around St. Vith and Stavelot, motley groups in isolated formations stood firm, further choking off the German advance.

14.   Pendulum, choreographed by Crystal Pite, is about a motley group of seven struggling against time, each of them absorbed by individual concerns.

15.   The motley group of protesters included jobless picketers from poor outlying districts, leftist labor groups, public schoolteachers, as well as retirees and neighborhood groups.

16.   Access is guarded by a motley group of rebels armed with Kalashnikov rifles and automatic pistols.

17.   Access to Cerrik was being guarded by a motley group of insurgents armed with Kalashnikov rifles and pistols.

18.   Skyscraper-tall redwood trees, some of which predate Jesus, dwarf this motley group of environmental activists here at base camp plotting to save the giants.

19.   The NF-LF, however, claims the support of a motley group of regional parties and believes the Congress will back its bid.