51.   Timber quotas are set annually not by local citizens but by Congress.

52.   Union sources said the agreement guarantees that more workers will be hired, but said a quota was not set.

53.   Under federal law, quotas have always been illegal.

54.   While upholding the principle of affirmative action in the Bakke case, the Court said strict racial quotas are illegal.

55.   Quotas are allotments dictating how much tobacco farmers can grow under the federal price-support program.

56.   A sharply reduced quota for tuna was set for the Western Atlantic three years ago with the idea of rebuilding the stock, he said.

57.   A similar quota is already in force for village councils in India.

58.   Also, Finns have been buying greater quantities of duty-free alcohol since import quotas were increased as part of the country joining the EU last year.

59.   But the International Fund for Animal Welfare said the quota is too high.

60.   Critics say that while the law may have laudable goals, quotas are discriminatory against men.