Women's groups have pressured Mr. Fox to include a respectable number of their leaders.

Last year, the groups pressured the White House to agree to set up a committee to recommend ways to fight religious persecution around the world.

Indigenous groups had been pressuring for a new, more inclusive constitution for years, and were therefore actively involved in the drafting process.

A spokesman for Mr. Giuliani said the Mayor did not call any groups to pressure them about the letter.

The group then pressured TBS to cancel the broadcast.

His group is pressuring the housing authority to follow suit.

Anti-abortion groups pressured the State of California to stop funding family planning clinics.

The city's political and civic groups have been pressuring the national government to upgrade this school into a university, but its desire was never achieved.

Both groups have been pressuring Grace for years to restructure the company's operations to maximize shareholder value.

Certain groups are pressuring the government to restore the death penalty, but the majority of public opinion is against the idea.