1.   Duisenberg justified the decision to relax monetary policy Thursday mainly by arguing that inflationary pressures are receding.

2.   Gradually, that policy was relaxed to allow sales to be booked two weeks early.

3.   He also said that he would urge the Bank of Japan at its monthly meeting on Tuesday to further relax monetary policy to maintain liquidity.

4.   He said members should be fined if they try to relax their policies.

5.   Heeding industry pressure, Clinton relaxed the policy with an executive order last October.

6.   In June, gulf leaders pressed the United States to relax its policy toward Iran with the election there of the liberal cleric Mohammed Khatami as president.

7.   In September, the Department of Health and Human Services relaxed Medicare policy and agreed to cover costs for some new devices like those already on the market.

8.   Many of those responding to the survey urged that we not relax that policy.

9.   Other countries, like Canada and Japan, have left some limits in place, though Canada and Japan relaxed their policies under pressure from the United States.

10.   Should that impede Swiss economic development, Lusser repeated, the SNB might have to relax its policy without jeopardizing price stability.