1.  But the bill, which has not yet passed, would also dilute the little authority civilian groups now have over the police.

2.  Calls by civilian groups and individual politicians for a boycott of French goods also appear to be gaining steam.

3.  Civilian paramilitary groups, which initially worked in conjunction with the government, have been accused of involvement in drug-trafficking as well as in atrocities against civilians.

4.  However, a civilian group is training for manned Mars exploration in the Canadian Arctic.

5.  Members of the paramilitary civilian group known as FRAPH, who also carried a variety of weapons, mingled with the crowd.

6.  Officials charged that several leftist grass-roots civilian groups were acting as fronts for the EPR and began arresting their leaders.

7.  Some of the differences can be explained by the fact that the officers were almost all male, while the nonveteran civilian group was two-fifths female.

8.  The parade included no tanks or heavy weapons, and its military flavor was watered down by contingents of schoolchildren and other civilian groups who marched with the soldiers.

9.  There are signs that both pro- and anti-Zapatista civilian groups are arming themselves with guns.

10.  Thirty civilian groups, including merchant marines and technicians working in combat areas, have been granted veteran status in recent years.