1.   But the group withdrew its application last month without citing a reason, said Jim Walker, who administers the program for the Missouri Division of Employment Security.

2.   But those groups withdrew from West Timor early this month after the brutal slayings of three U.N. workers by militia groups linked to the Indonesian military.

3.   Environmental groups also withdrew in protest from an administration task force on food safety, accusing the Environmental Protection Administration of inaction on curtailing harmful pesticides.

4.   Leiweke said the group would withdraw its proposal and let other efforts go ahead.

5.   Mike Russell, the coalition spokesman, said the group had recently withdrawn its application for tax exemption.

6.   Robert A. Pastore, the head of the TWA pilots union, said that the group had withdrawn its formal objections to the American plan.

7.   So far, no other arts groups have withdrawn from the lineup.

8.   The Carolina group withdrew from consideration before the committee met yesterday.

9.   The Carolina group withdrew itself from consideration before the committee met yesterday.

10.   The groups have withdrawn their early support for the show and are pressuring Congress to cancel it or at least keep it from going on the road this summer.