51.   They hammer out contracts with national associations of employers, not company by company.

52.   Until Schaeffer persuaded the national Blue Cross association to change the rules last year, they had to stay nonprofit or give up the valuable Blue Cross trademark.

53.   While states can accredit and license centers, the national association is considered the premiere standard in the field.

54.   Professor Vazquez de Alba and his national association does.

55.   A spokesman for the national association of Iranian immigrants, Saied Taghavi, said Iranians had decided to conduct their own investigation of the fire.

56.   A spokesman for a national association of pesticide manufacturers stressed that studies have shown no conclusive links between breast cancer and environmental chemicals.

57.   A spokesman for the national association of Iranian immigrants, Saied Taghavi, said they had decided to conduct their own investigation of the fire.

58.   Amateur Boxing Union of Australia secretary Arthur Tunstall said the bout event was not sanctioned by the state or national associations.

59.   Also on the agenda is a request by a number of national associations to suspend the Israeli Football Association because of the Middle East conflict.

60.   Among those supporting the federal government are the national association of police chiefs and the governments of Toronto and Montreal.