1.   The business group will seek legislation allowing local governments to tax for specific purposes only.

2.   The civil liberties group is seeking a preliminary injunction barring Republican Gov.

3.   The environmental group is seeking an injunction to stop the sale of public land.

4.   Once the war was over, however, the diversity of the Nationalist camp resurfaced, as each group sought to promote its own cause.

5.   Several other independent groups have sought and obtained compensation payments, but this was the largest so far.

6.   Among the proposals, environmental groups are seeking shareholder support to stop the company from using clear-cut lumber from Canada for paper in its yellow page directory.

7.   And doctors said that two groups were seeking financial backing to start new medical malpractice insurance companies in the state.

8.   At dozens of colleges, groups sought to curb sweatshop manufacturing in the developing world and to demand a living wage for employees at home.

9.   At the same time, business groups sought to pressure lawmakers with personal visits and by targeting voters at home.