Nevertheless, several industry executives appeared eager to include the implicit approval of the environmentalists on a 50-page set of voluntary guidelines for reducing packaging that the governors' coalition is preparing.

A broad coalition of religious groups is preparing a grass-roots campaign linking fuel efficiency to morality, with some ads going so far as to ask: "What Would Jesus Drive?"

The coalition has prepared a statement to be presented to William Baker, head of the F.B.I.'s criminal division, at a meeting Monday.

A coalition of democratic parties is now preparing to challenge the Sandinista regime in accordance with the Central American peace agreement.

The coalition had been preparing to sue the city in Federal Court over the lack of access to crime scenes, demonstrations and other public events.

On Sept. 13, Mr. Williams of the Chemical Weapons Working Group said that his coalition was preparing a lawsuit to halt the incineration.

Moving beyond Judge Alito's judicial record, a coalition of liberal groups is preparing commercials attacking his personal integrity and credibility.

Another new coalition is also preparing advertisements on the energy front, taking on environmentalists for standing in the way of energy production.

Moving beyond Judge Alito's judicial record, a coalition of liberal groups is preparing commercials attacking his integrity and credibility instead, several people involved in the effort said Monday.

Let one influential organization or a coalition -for example, the League of Women Voters, Chamber of Commerce, Common Cause - prepare questions calling for written commitments on selected issues.