31.   Last month, the same district-financed parent group began distributing information packets to schools that criticize the initiative.

32.   Masserman appealed unsuccessfully to the parent group, the American Psychiatric Association.

33.   Ms. Bowen is reviled by members of the Southbury parent group who describe her as an anti-institution zealot.

34.   Now the police face slick, organized, well-armed gangs that operate with all the truculence of their parent groups in Los Angeles and other U.S. cities.

35.   Parent groups are also concerned that the waiting list belies deeper ills.

36.   Opponents of chaebol ownership argue that banks would offer preferential loans to their parent groups.

37.   Representatives of stay-at-home parent support groups say a growing tendency to stay home is showing up on their membership rosters.

38.   Reyes said he would have preferred that Thompson first present his proposal publicly rather than as a memo to board members, parent groups and others.

39.   Satisfied that the chancellor was negotiating in good faith, the parents group promised to send their children back to school today.

40.   Smith has declined to install filters on library computers despite protests at library board meetings and threats by parent groups to oppose an upcoming levy for library funds.