1.   Ending that moratorium would be a mistake.

2.   The Clinton administration today ended a moratorium on home health-care agencies entering the Medicare program.

3.   The distribution of precious La Guardia Airport landing and takeoff slots, ending a moratorium on new flights that had been put into effect to combat overcrowding and delays.

4.   The moratorium was not ended because most of the protesters have returned, said John Walsh, communications director for the Boston archdiocese.

5.   Those who wanted to end the moratorium said states needed the sales-tax revenue because of their new expenses for homeland security.

6.   APEC leaders decided last year to end a moratorium on new members imposed three years earlier.

7.   But Macaranas said sentiment may be shifting toward ending the moratorium.

8.   Ending the moratorium, however, requires a three-fourths majority.

9.   Earlier this year, the North threatened to end the moratorium in a show of displeasure with what it perceives as a hardline policy by President Bush.

10.   Environmentalists warned against ending the moratorium.