1.   But a study by the non-partisan General Accounting Office has uncovered no systematic abuse.

2.   But Webster, whose report cited isolated examples of misconduct but no systematic abuse, did not dispute the need for armed raids.

3.   DFCS had taken the children into protective custody after investigating allegations of systematic abuse at the church.

4.   Now hundreds of middle-aged Duplessis orphans are demanding apologies from the church and financial redress from the province for what they describe as childhoods of systematic abuse.

5.   Rosen said that a pattern of systematic abuse directed at minority officers included racial and ethnic slurs and the posting of racially charged cartoons on Police Department bulletin boards.

6.   Some of the testimony was discredited, and a study by the General Accounting Office failed to find systematic abuse.

7.   The investigation found a systematic abuse of government agencies and funds, amounting to millions of dollars, for the purpose of seizing Arab properties.

8.   The state Division of Family and Children Services, which has investigated allegations of systematic abuse at the church, supported the compromise.

9.   Young, who reiterated his belief that no systematic abuse exists at Nike factories, said he was especially pleased that the company planned to use independent factory monitors.

10.   Pakistan accuses India of systematic abuses in the predominantly Muslim region.