101.   David Kessler, the head of the FDA, who has led its assault on tobacco, insists that he and the agency recognize a ban would be impossible.

102.   Debates have gone on since then as to whether the same-sex union ban is advisory or mandatory.

103.   During the time the ban on funds was in effect, the CIA informed Congress only about drug charges against two other contra-related people.

104.   During debate on the Senate bill last year, some lawmakers objected that the ban was too stringent.

105.   Doyle said the Oakland junk-food ban was the most extreme in the nation and would not help children eat more healthful food.

106.   Even less damaging would be a ban on trading stock for its own account.

107.   FAA spokesman John Clabes said the ban is necessary because authorities want to know the location of every plane in the sky.

108.   Farooq A. Bhatti, the director of Pak Brothers Yellow Cab Drivers Union, a fraternal organization, said he thought the ban was a good idea.

109.   Even though the ban is voluntary.

110.   For Cynthia Pierce, a librarian who puffed on a cigarette as she prepared to go shopping, the ban would be the equivalent of outlawing smoking.