11.   Ahmad is president of the local chapter of the national association that prepared the draft report.

12.   But in the military, physician assistants are not required to be licensed, though they must be certified with the national association of physician assistants.

13.   But new ones keep being created, like one that iBelong is creating for a national association of scuba divers.

14.   But the legislation has drawn opposition from a bipartisan group of state attorneys general and a national association of state officials who manage waste disposal and cleanups.

15.   But they seldom succeed, specialists from national associations of state courts, prosecutors and defense lawyers said in interviews.

16.   Callahan now heads the local chapter of Corpus, the national association for a married Catholic priesthood.

17.   Even national veterinary associations no longer allow electrocution to be used to euthanize animals, Bright said.

18.   Experts from national associations of prosecutors, defense lawyers and state courts explain why.

19.   For those unable, or unwilling, to keep that much money parked at the bank, some institutions offer special arrangements through national associations.

20.   Gerald M. Soud, a spokesman for the Florida Medical Association, said the statements of the national association had confused and bewildered leaders of the Florida affiliate.