71.   Visa recently adopted similar standards for platinum-type cards.

72.   With the onus now on districts to decide whether to adopt the standards, the campaign to sway their votes has already begun.

73.   Whitman has said elsewhere that once the administration studies the matter, it might well adopt a standard even more stringent than the one adopted under President Bill Clinton.

74.   With the safety regulations debate snagged on the sovereignty issue, there is little progress in adopting international standards for Arctic navigation.

75.   A task force appointed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Louis Lavorato is working to examine whether the state should adopt standards for foreign-language interpreters in courtrooms.

76.   Although Quebec refused to sign the agreement, it said it would adopt similar standards within the province.

77.   Asked if Turkey would adopt European standards in soccer anytime soon, he shook his head in disbelief.

78.   But not the United States wants developing countries to adopt those standards to enjoy the benefits of exporting products to the industrialized world.

79.   But now the United States wants developing countries to adopt those standards to enjoy the benefits of exporting products to the industrialized world.

80.   But the Third World says it needs a chance to catch up before it can adopt standards that took years to evolve in the developed world.