1.   The measures imposed new restrictions on press reporting of the Kurdish insurgency in south-east Anatolia.

2.   As tit-for-tat measures impose new, higher taxes on imports, the only result can be a general cutback in consumption.

3.   Although the House and Senate have not completed work on the spending bill for the year, temporary spending measures imposed some of the cuts that Congress is considering.

4.   Another major difference between the two versions is that the House measure imposes severe limits on medical malpractice suits.

5.   As officials try to choose between security measures that are doable and those that are practical, they have already curtailed certain security measures imposed last month.

6.   Both measures impose a new income requirement.

7.   But his top priority is to press Israel to ease the closure and harsh security measures imposed on the West Bank and Gaza Strip since the bombings.

8.   Congress is now considering measures to impose capital gains liabilities on people who trade their citizenship for freedom from taxes.

9.   Congress now is considering a new measure to impose regulations.