1.   As a goodwill gesture, China has already agreed to drop its longstanding ban on importing wheat from the Pacific Northwest.

2.   A longstanding state ban on anonymous political ads is unconstitutional because it limits free speech, a state appeals court in Dallas has ruled.

3.   Despite explicit FBI rules prohibiting taking gifts, the now-retired Gianturco recently testified under oath he was unaware of the longstanding ban.

4.   Foot traffic was practically unheard of on Palm Canyon Drive until the community lifted a longstanding ban on bright street lighting.

5.   Price Rupert is going in the opposite direction and has a task force looking at how to lift a longstanding ban on offshore oil drilling.

6.   The administration has also dropped a longstanding ban on sales of the Amraam air-to-air missile to countries outside NATO.

7.   The Clinton administration recently persuaded China to drop its longstanding ban on the importation of Northwest wheat.

8.   The military also kept in effect a longstanding ban on homosexual acts.

9.   The U.S. has a longstanding ban on oil imports from Iran.

10.   Police also enforced a longstanding ban on Jews praying on the Mount, confiscating prayer books and shawls before allowing worshipers to enter the raised platform in pairs.