61.   Merrill Lynch made the decision to avoid breaking an industry rule on political contributions by underwriters of municipal securities.

62.   Much of the work is in film or video, with the exception of contributions by Ms. Bul and Huang.

63.   Nancy Luque is a former prosecutor representing Maria Hsia, who is charged with disguising illegal contributions by a California Buddhist temple to the Clinton-Gore campaign.

64.   Nancy Udell, a Paxson spokeswoman, also said that contributions by company officials and their family members were unrelated to the Pittsburgh issue.

65.   Nor was there any discussion of possible military contributions by the Arab nations represented at the meeting.

66.   Nor was there any discussion of possible military contributions by the Arab countries represented at the meeting.

67.   One amendment expected to be pushed by some Republicans would ban campaign contributions by foreigners who are permanent legal residents.

68.   Other new gift restrictions will ban charitable contributions in lieu of honoraria and legal defense fund contributions by lobbyists.

69.   Political contributions by foreign nationals are illegal in the United States.

70.   Political contributions by State Street Global have been raised as an issue in the past.