1.   Another problem beyond mere cost is the dense regulatory thicket these initiatives create.

2.   Before January, businesses and workers had only the law itself and some interim regulations issued by the Department of Labor to guide them through the regulatory thicket.

3.   Handling logistics, navigating regulatory thickets, identifying markets and appropriate trade shows are activities where big gains accrue to experience.

4.   He now argues that the long-term public benefits of untangling the regulatory thicket will vastly outweigh the disruption caused by new competition.

5.   Still, by sidestepping Congress, Bell Atlantic and Nynex will not avoid a regulatory thicket.

6.   Both sectors have been closely guarded by most Asian countries behind a regulatory thicket.