31.   So she was a fitting choice for the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award, given annually by the national association Chamber Music America.

32.   Statistics released last week by a national association of philanthropies show that last year the level of charitable giving barely kept pace with inflation.

33.   Strawberry cannot play baseball in the major leagues, or even those minor league teams that are a part of the national association.

34.   The burglaries have become such a widespread problem that a national association of supermarket owners has established the Albanian Safe Burglary Task Force.

35.   The Christian Legal Society, a national association of evangelical lawyers that would ordinarily applaud such an amendment, withheld its support on Thursday..

36.   The Image Awards have been at the center of controversy ever since the national association started struggling to explain its mounting debt.

37.   The messianic Jewish movement has its own spiritual leaders, houses of worship and national associations.

38.   The Jewelers of America, the national association for retail jewelers, and the World Diamond Council also support the measure.

39.   The national association of meat processors felt under attack.

40.   The national association of state regulators, which will consider this plan next month, had no immediate comment today.