1.   House Republican Conference rules prohibit a censured lawmaker from being a committee chairman or holding a leadership post.

2.   The ground rules also prohibit reporting information regarding future military plans.

3.   Those rules prohibit soldiers from doing much more than defending themselves if attacked.

4.   Thus the Hague rules prohibited the bombardment of undefended towns and villages.

5.   The rules prohibit dating a coworker.

6.   Also, federal rules prohibit one company from owning a newspaper and a television station in the same community.

7.   Although NBA rules prohibit officials from doing interviews, both women will be featured on a conference call tomorrow night, the league said.

8.   American League rules prohibit unsafe pre-game activities, including parachutists that land on the playing field, saidPhyllis Merhige, league spokeswoman.

9.   And baseball rules prohibit clubs from putting a waiver claim on the New Testament more than once.

10.   And when they got there, with one child in tow, the Ryans found the Angels had a rule prohibiting children in their spring training hotel.