11.   This has enabled domestic markets to compete on a much more equal footing.

12.   And despite carefully defined restrictions on the patent licenses it gets from Isis, company executives say they can move forward on equal footing with their West Coast competitor.

13.   And Congolese officials apparently feel the document places the rebels on equal footing with their government, which they object to.

14.   And the courts have agreed, striking down laws that mandated presenting evolution on an equal footing with stories of how God created the universe.

15.   Arbor and CBOT President Thomas R. Donovan called on Congress to enact legislation that would let exchanges compete on an equal footing with over-the-counter markets.

16.   Bank One would still be on equal footing with Fleet when it comes to stock market value, even accounting for the acquisition of Summit.

17.   Bill Miller has said that towers need a large network to get equal footing on pricing against auto clubs and other large customers.

18.   Affirmative action is an attempt to repair the ravages of discrimination, to give qualified minorities equal footing.

19.   Advocacy groups say that low-income women and children would be hurt by giving credit-card companies a more equal footing in claiming the assets of bankrupt fathers.

20.   Afghans on Wednesday finally got to vent on equal footing, without guns, face-to-face, in the first full session of the Afghan national council.