31.   Senator Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, Monday said he is worried that the push to relax wire-tapping restrictions could infringe on civil liberties.

32.   Several lawmakers and supporters of the embargo criticized the committee for stacking the witness list with groups that want to relax the restrictions on food and medicine.

33.   Some scientists are hopeful that, as the research progresses and the council has a chance to monitor it, Bush may relax the restrictions he imposed.

34.   South Korea is expected to relax restrictions soon on travel by South Korean businessmen to North Korea and on investments in the Communist nation, South Korean officials say.

35.   The bill also would speed approvals for food additives and would relax restrictions on health claims companies can make for their food products.

36.   The bill also relaxes ownership restrictions in broadcasting, allowing companies to greatly increase the number of radio and television stations a single company can own.

37.   The Food and Drug Administration initially expressed grave reservations about efforts to relax restrictions on drug imports, saying such changes could endanger the safety of consumers.

38.   The government had recently relaxed restrictions on gambling, and private casinos, bingo parlors and slot-machine houses were springing up throughout the country.

39.   The expansion is its response to deregulation, which relaxed restrictions on building service stations.

40.   The government has relaxed restrictions on mobility, so young people are flocking to cities that are already overcrowded.