31.   The order as written means that companies that operate efficient generating plants could still sell power at large mark-ups during periods when caps are imposed.

32.   The proposed new bill would, among other things, impose a cap on punitive damages for goods made by small firms.

33.   The president, for his part, would impose appropriations caps without specifying which programs are to be cut, leaving the painful specifics to future congressional decisions.

34.   The other cost-cutting measure imposes a cap on a payment that hospitals have long received to help them keep up with inflation.

35.   The players feared the owners would declare an impasse and unilaterally impose a cap.

36.   The proposal hammered out Tuesday would for the first time impose a cap on the amount of debt that the state could carry at any one time.

37.   The Supreme Court, by providing guidance to help state courts guard against excessive awards, has made the case for imposing a cap even less persuasive than before.

38.   The suit contends that the carriers conspired to impose the caps.

39.   The tort reform legislation just vetoed by President Clinton would have imposed a cap on punitive damages that many critics thought too low to deter corporate misconduct.

40.   They include repealing the federal gasoline tax, threatening oil companies with price-gouging investigations and imposing price caps on electricity.