31.   On Friday he announced he was dropping a demand for seven days of quiet as a condition for negotiations with the Palestinians.

32.   Recently, however, the Pastrana government has dropped its demand for some form of foreign monitoring of the guerrilla-controlled zone.

33.   Russia in turn should drop its demand for limitations on new equipment for new members or other infrastructure items.

34.   Senate Democrats said Friday that they were dropping their demand that certain new voters be allowed to establish their identities at the polls by merely signing a form.

35.   Some are putting high-school graduates into positions that once required college degrees and dropping experience demands.

36.   Such an assurance would then be offered to the unionists, who would be asked to drop their demand for weapons up front.

37.   The airline wants the city to drop its demands until the courts rule on the legality of the ordinance.

38.   The breakthrough came after the United States pressured the Northern Alliance faction at the talks to drop demands that had threatened to stalemate the process.

39.   The city removed a major stumbling block, dropping its demand that whatever is built on the site include convention and exhibition space.

40.   The commission suggested the British drop their demand for disarmament, but also urged the IRA and loyalists to begin disarming as soon as all-party talks began.