21.   But community-based organizations and public officials waged a vigorous campaign to dissuade the mayor from doing so.

22.   But consumer groups and businesses that process milk have led a vigorous lobbying campaign against the measure, contending that it would hurt the elderly and the poor.

23.   But community organizations and officials waged a vigorous campaign to keep the division intact.

24.   But for this election a more vigorous campaign is afoot to raise the calibre of parliamentary candidates and hold them to higher standards.

25.   But now, amid complaints that membership has become too elitist, students have launched a vigorous campaign to open up admission to anyone who wants to join.

26.   But several groups are waging a vigorous campaign in Washington state to turn the election into a national statement.

27.   Conservatives are mounting a vigorous campaign to block the ambassadorial nomination of San Francisco philanthropist and gay rights activist James C. Hormel.

28.   Democrats, meanwhile, are mounting a vigorous campaign against the finding of fact proposal.

29.   Forbes mounted a vigorous campaign in Iowa, calling on fundamentalist and conservative support and trying to position himself as the strongest alternative to the more moderate Bush.