41.   Jim Crow laws banned black people from Miami Beach, from Key Biscayne, from a picture-postcard ocean that gave South Florida a reason for being.

42.   Later, Taliban laws banned women from attending classes or teaching, and even education for boys ground to a halt.

43.   Laws ban any such contributions from the treasuries of corporations or labor unions.

44.   Laws already ban begging and peddling on subways, though in recent months they have seldom been enforced.

45.   Like the newspaper law, the censorship law bans works that damage the public interest or religion, using vague terms that can be interpreted widely.

46.   North Carolina law bans reproductions of genitals and pubic hair in places that serve alcohol.

47.   Playhut thought it was on solid ground, since it had the right to dismiss anyone for any reason that was not banned by law.

48.   Pre-emptive action was ruled out, partly because American law bans the use of assassination as state policy.

49.   SAME-SEX HARASSMENT ILLEGAL The Supreme Court ruled that Federal law bans workplace sexual harassment by people of the same sex.

50.   She sued, arguing that state law banned only obscene or profane messages on vanity plates.