1.   -- Open source computing involves a loosely knit group of programmers creating software that is given away free.

2.   Earth First is a loosely knit group of environmentalists who engaged in some of the most confrontational tactics against lumber and other development companies.

3.   Fenderson is not a member of the tightly knit group of employees and friends who work for Combs, according to people familiar with the case.

4.   He and others in the tightly knit group of lawyers who go after tire makers exchange information.

5.   Late last winter, Johnson pulled together a loosely knit group of creationists from Kansas and Missouri who drafted an alternate version of the standards.

6.   Over the course of the regular season, this collection of players became a tightly knit group, gathering momentum and confidence as the playoffs approached.

7.   She declined to give details of how the gang was infiltrated or how evidence was obtained in the tightly knit group.

8.   She found friend ship and support from a tightly knit group of friends that included LeRoi, Samuelson and a Phoenix lumberman named Jack Halloran.

9.   The difficult climate and hard work have bound the miners into a tightly knit group.

10.   The Opera Forum is a closely knit group.