Americans have become used to hearing nutty talk from leaders of the National Rifle Association.

The popularity of the workshops on how to get out of journalism illustrated the problem facing the leaders of the National Association of Black Journalists.

Mr. Greenspan made his comments to leaders of the National Association of Home Builders, a trade association, who met in Atlanta.

But some House Republican officials and leaders of the National Rifle Association said today that the political fallout from the bombing played a part in the delay.

In the beginning, just after the attacks, the leaders of the National Association of Home Builders, an industry group with 205,000 members, wanted simply to write a big check.

Janice Grant, a local leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, called the prosecution racially motivated.

The leaders of the National Rifle Association who took over four years ago point with pride to having increased membership and lobbied harder against gun control.

He annoyed leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People by failing to attend the group's convention.

He served two terms as attorney general of Missouri, rising to become the leader of the National Association of Attorneys General.