1.  A year ago, Hossein Farmani, president of aNet Communications, a small Internet service provider in Los Angeles, catered to a loyal group of longtime customers.

2.  By endorsing private accounts, Clinton might anger groups loyal to him and to Gore, soon to be a presidential candidate.

3.  Gaviria also criticized acts of intimidation by Bolivarian circles, grass-roots groups loyal to Chavez, and threats to press freedom.

4.  Government officials have repeatedly warned citizens to be on guard against plots to destabilize the country by groups loyal to the former military dictatorship.

5.  From the start, Mirabella attracted a particularly loyal group of readers who found it smart in all senses of the word.

6.  He had felt shunned by the music industry, despite having a loyal group of fans.

7.  That means that personal computers have a loyal group of users but may be losing some momentum in attracting new households, Sirkin said.

8.  The observers were captured by a group loyal to Sadirov, who is believed to be in Afghanistan.

9.  The refugees say they are being dislodged from looted homes as rebels fighting ethnic groups loyal to Kabila have disrupted life in Sud-Kivu province.

10.  But during the Taliban years, he switched his alliance to a group loyal to exiled King Mohammad Zaher Shah after a bitter falling-out with his former faction.