31.   Current law permits a public company to sell parts of itself to another company and spin off other parts to shareholders without triggering taxes.

32.   Current law permits companies to provide tax-deductible pensions only if they extend comparable percentage contributions to low-paid workers.

33.   Current law permits legal permanent residents to contribute.

34.   Crotty said the law permits him to reject bond sales for only specific reasons involving the terms of the bonds.

35.   Czech law did not permit international adoptions, making it impossible for the babies to find a home.

36.   Current law permits foreigners to adopt Russian children declared by a physician to suffer some physical or mental malady.

37.   Current law permits satellite companies to beam network signals if those customers cannot receive local stations using rooftop antennas.

38.   Doctors in private practice are not allowed to unionize because federal labor law permits only people described as employees to unionize.

39.   Dole has burned nearly every dollar the law will permit him to spend on winning this nomination.

40.   English lords living in Scotland were permitted by law to ravish new brides on their wedding nights.