21.   Rodale said the ban on tobacco and hard-liquor advertising is consistent with its longstanding policy.

22.   Ruff, in a copy of the letter obtained by The Chronicle, also pointed to a longstanding White House policy against linking the president with commercial products.

23.   Steinbrenner had initially altered his longstanding policy to allow McDowell to keep his goatee.

24.   Tariff reductions themselves have been a longstanding policy goal of the Chinese government.

25.   The card companies are split over how hard to defend their longstanding policy that credit and debit cards should be treated interchangeably.

26.   The Clinton administration plans to end a longstanding policy and allow American news organizations to establish news bureaus in Cuba, administration officials said on Monday.

27.   The detentions marked the reversal of longstanding American policy of granting entry to refugees fleeing the Communist government of Fidel Castro.

28.   The FBI has had a longstanding policy of protecting its informants by shielding their identities from outside agencies.

29.   The new plan breaks a longstanding policy that gave equal weight to applications from families on public assistance, the elderly and working people.

30.   The physician declined comment last week, saying through a receptionist that he has a longstanding policy against news media interviews.