31.   Such battles blocked passage of budget bills last year and, moderates say, made the Republicans look like ideologues.

32.   The accords, whose passage had been blocked by President Ernesto Zedillo but which Fox strongly supports, would give some autonomy to indigenous communities.

33.   The election law must be approved twice more, but Netanyahu has said he will not try to block its passage.

34.   The new head of the Senate trade and commerce committee vowed to block the passage of a bill allowing foreigners to own retail companies.

35.   The parliamentary math means that the defection of as few as five Republicans can block passage of legislation.

36.   The upshot is that either side -- the long-distance companies or the regional Bell companies -- could potentially sway enough votes to block passage of any bill.

37.   There is strong opposition to that in the Senate, where Democrats can use procedural rules to block passage.

38.   They can try to block the passage of military supplies and volunteers, which would make them in effect local allies of the Serbian forces.

39.   To be sure, there are problems that could hold up or block passage.

40.   Two children died when half of the ball covered their nose and mouth and blocked breathing passages, officials said.