41.   Smoking was already banned on domestic flights and the new measures will affect international ones.

42.   She added that the measures affected film distribution, retailing practices and the ability to offer incentives.

43.   The extraordinary measure did not affect press freedoms.

44.   The measure will particularly affect US forces stationed abroad.

45.   The measure does not affect prisoners serving life sentences or discretionary life sentences.

46.   The measures do not affect Canada, Mexico, Israel and Jordan, which have free-trade agreements with Washington, and some developing countries are also exempt.

47.   The measure also affects the Discover card, issued by the financial services firm Dean Witter.

48.   The measure would have affected mainly pilgrims from Croatia who would be crossing the border at the northern Serb-held town of Brcko.

49.   The new measures do not affect food and medicine parcels, which make up a major share of the items sent from the United States.

50.   The new security measures will affect key areas along the border in California and Arizona, which currently accounts for two-thirds of all apprehensions of illegal aliens.