31.   Effective contraception and legal abortion further helped to put women on an equal footing with men in the sexual venue.

32.   Eisley began last season on equal footing at point guard with Steve Nash.

33.   Everyone knows they are on equal footing.

34.   Everyone is on equal footing.

35.   For the Texas tooth peddlers, the Web is been a godsend, putting them on equal footing with billion-dollar retailers.

36.   Geographically and culturally, the festival takes a one-world position, placing Asia, Latin America and Europe on an equal footing.

37.   Gibtown women have long been on equal footing with men, whether owning or working the carnivals.

38.   Gingrich is promoting the system as a way to put the average American on an equal footing with lobbyists and others in reaching Washington.

39.   Gradually, the Californians got up to speed, and today they compete with the Oregonians on an equal footing.

40.   Guard members have long complained that because they are not on equal footing, the Army relegates the organization to second-class status in war plans and Pentagon budgets.