21.   -- A bill called the Private Property Protection Act would compensate landowners when the value of their property declined because its use had been restricted by federal regulations.

22.   A drought emergency was declared Wednesday for seven New Jersey counties, restricting water use for, among other things, lawns, washing paved surfaces and golf fairways.

23.   A state lawmaker this fall will again push for legislation to restrict use of cellular phones while operating certain motor vehicles.

24.   Bush said it was wrong for Washington to unilaterally restrict uses of federal lands.

25.   But blowers can be noisy, and some towns restrict their use.

26.   But fears that such cameras will become an abused instrument of surveillance for government regulators has led the Board of Trade to severely restrict their use.

27.   But so far, none of the statutes have been thrown out by the courts, although some judges have restricted the uses of the laws.

28.   But until this week, Israel had wisely restricted its use of ground forces across the Oslo boundaries.

29.   CHINA CLAMPS DOWN ON THE INTERNET China adopted elaborate new rules restricting use of the Internet.

30.   Conservation easements, which retain ownership rights, are voluntary agreements between a landowner and a conservation organization or governmental agency to permanently restrict the use of land.