51.   The U.S. demanded that Japan relax licensing restrictions, allow more flexible scheduling for docking and permit ship owners to make it easier to switch stevedore companies employing dockworkers.

52.   The U.S. wants Japan to relax restrictions on loading and unloading ships, rules cargo companies blame for the high cost of doing business at Japanese ports.

53.   The U.S. wants Japan to relax restrictions on loading and unloading ships, rules blamed for the high cost of doing business at Japanese ports.

54.   They want to relax restrictions on the number of stations a company can own.

55.   This left the issue to Clinton, who decided to fulfill his pledge to the Silicon Valley executives and relax the restrictions.

56.   Thompson said that his office was considering relaxing some restrictions that his predecessor, Alan G. Hevesi, had placed on debt refinancing.

57.   Those laws could ease up soon, if the INS follows through on a proposal to relax its restrictions.

58.   U.S.-BRITAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS The United States and Britain are moving rapidly to relax remaining restrictions on phone competition into and out of their countries.

59.   White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry said Pakistan must forsake nuclear testing to persuade the Republican-led Congress to relax restrictions on U.S. economic and military assistance.

60.   Parliament approved a bill relaxing abortion restrictions in February, but opponents successfully pushed for a national ballot on whether to overturn or ratify the legislation.