1.   Gorbachev wanted to make all strikes illegal, but the Soviet parliament refused to accept such a ban.

2.   Will he take this opportunity to tell the House and the country whether he favours such a ban?

3.   It is the first country to enact such a ban.

4.   An initiative slated for the ballot would outlaw the export of California horses for human consumption, the first such outright ban in the country.

5.   As part of that agreement, China is also required to show how it would enforce such a ban.

6.   Belgium and Canada are actually abiding by such a ban.

7.   Besides, since many of the cyber-gambling sites operate from overseas, such a ban would not apply to them.

8.   Bills calling for such a ban have been introduced in the House and Senate.

9.   A lingering question in the debate is whether such a ban would be constitutional.

10.   Bush noted that even as Gore was calling for such a ban, the vice president and his aides were planning an aggressive effort to collect such donations.