21.   After the merger, the men say they will be co-chief executives with equal footing.

22.   All the species of apes are on equal social footing.

23.   Brent Swift, chairman of the Film and TV Action Committee, said the countervailing tariff would put the United States on equal footing with Canada.

24.   But for the first time, it will bring key players to the table on equal footing.

25.   But few would seriously argue that Israeli Arabs are on an equal footing with Jews.

26.   But the event Sunday night was particularly critical for Dole because it provided him his first opportunity on an equal footing with the president before a huge national audience.

27.   But they said statistics clearly show it treats rivals on an equal footing.

28.   Carter wants blacks to demand equal footing in the Roman Catholic leadership.

29.   Chief executive Bill Miller said in recent interviews that towing companies need such a network to get equal footing against auto clubs and other large customers.

30.   Carter is driven by the conviction that black Catholics must understand their roots in Catholicism to claim equal footing in the church.