21.   Japan and Norway can evade the moratorium because the IWC has no powers other than to deny countries membership.

22.   Jose Santacruz was so rich and flamboyant he once built a same-size replica of an elite social club in Cali that denied him membership.

23.   That was later revised to an oath denying membership in the Communist Party.

24.   Horn did not deny his membership in the militia but insisted that he had never mistreated anyone.

25.   Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary top the list, sparking fears by the Baltic nations that NATO membership will be denied them for years.

26.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin recently requested the North Atlantic Treaty Organization deny membership to former Soviet republics, including the Baltic countries.

27.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin recently requested that NATO deny membership to former Soviet republics, including the Baltic countries.