81.   Syria has been most critical of the exercises, saying they are aimed at strengthening Israel so the Jewish state can impose an unacceptable peace settlement on Syria.

82.   The EU executive Commission was preparing formal legislation allowing EU states to impose the ban by the middle of next week.

83.   The Nigerian-led peacekeepers tried to dislodge him, and then West African states imposed a U.N.-approved port blockade.

84.   The New York court agreed, saying Tuesday that the state cannot impose the tax on non-New York residents alone.

85.   The proposed rule requires states to impose pollution controls on hundreds of older power plants.

86.   The proposed rule, requiring states to impose pollution controls on hundreds of older power plants, was approved by President Clinton eight days before he left office.

87.   The state Supreme Court imposed tighter standards on state courts in allowing the introduction of evidence seized by federal agents.

88.   The Supreme Court is letting states impose licensing and disclosure requirements on professional consultants who help nonprofit organizations raise money.

89.   Those German states have already imposed similar export bans.

90.   Three German states already have imposed the ban.