71.   The railroads argued that the board lacked the authority to impose such a ban and could only approve or reject merger applications.

72.   The state of Washington also has such a ban.

73.   The spokeswoman for Handgun Control, Naomi Paiss, said the group does not favor a such a ban.

74.   The trickier question is whether to impose such a ban on private-sector spending, and, if so, how.

75.   They do not want New York to be the first state to enact such a ban.

76.   This angered West Indian American Carnival Parade organizers, who said such a ban would cause many of the sponsors to drop out.

77.   They said such a ban would stand no chance of becoming law because Republicans would filibuster it in the Senate.

78.   This would be the first time that lawyers, who are major political campaign donors on the state and federal levels, have ever even considered such a ban.

79.   To help restore her viability as a national candidate, some of her closest political advisers have been urging her to consider signing state legislation imposing such a ban.

80.   Utah imposed such a ban.