61.   Netanyahu said Friday that the Cabinet decisions did not restrict his ability to negotiate.

62.   Officials had said one sticking point was a proposed provision that would prevent Amtrak from entering into any new agreement that restricts its ability to contract with private firms.

63.   Such downgrades are significant because they can increase borrowing costs in the market and restrict the ability of certain investors to acquire the securities.

64.   The legislation would ban soft money and allow nonunion members to restrict the ability of unions to spend mandatory dues on political activities.

65.   They said the conversion rule restricted their ability to do business and, for foreign companies, sometimes made it hard to repatriate profits.

66.   Vieira de Mello said an embargo also would further restrict the ability of international humanitarian agencies to assist civilians in Yugoslavia.

67.   In addition, the order aims to restrict the ability of suspected groups and individuals from getting charitable donations from US sources, McCurry said.

68.   A new US federal law severely restricts the ability of wealthy parents outside the United States to send their children to US public high schools for free.

69.   But he warned that this would not be translated into more jobs without radical refeorm of employment practices that restrict the ability of companies to hire and fire.

70.   Spain on Tuesday presented its European Union partners with controversial proposals that would severely restrict the ability of EU citizens to seek asylum in other European Union states.