1.   But while politicians continue to debate the laws, almost everyone else has learned to live with them.

2.   Parliament debates laws and then enacts them, and Shevardnadze has abolished the semiofficial band of thugs called the Mkhedrioni.

3.   Proposed laws are debated and picked apart during committee hearings, often leading to modifications.

4.   Similar laws are being debated in Massachusetts and Florida, and staffing legislation has been introduced in Iowa and Kentucky.

5.   Starting in September, the U.S. Congress is debating new laws to regulate and limit electronic media, everything from network and cable television to on-line forums and E-mail.

6.   The body debated new laws against protests and sedition into the early hours of the morning.

7.   The joint venture company, called Videostrada, is born as the Italian government is debating new laws to govern the introduction of cable television in Italy.

8.   The West Virginia Legislature is expected to debate new laws next year.

9.   When the Dominican Republic was debating a law allowing compulsory licensing, the EU and the United States threatened to cut Dominican exports.

10.   Parliament had debated the law for eight years.