11.   But three days later, on Friday, the government lifted the restrictions, saying Duke had come up with a satisfactory plan to improve.

12.   Coca-Cola Co., a symbol for capitalism around the world, entered Communist North Korea on Wednesday, just two days after the U.S. government lifted most economic sanctions.

13.   Cigar lovers like them are hoping that the U.S. government will lift or relax some of the trade barriers with Cuba for cigars.

14.   Extensive demonstrations are required to bring about political change, Ms. Barac said, and that can occur only when the government lifts the state of war.

15.   Exports of unprocessed soybeans soared as crushing declined after the government lifted an excise tax that had encouraged growers to sell to the domestic crushing industry.

16.   Foreign investors are returning to Venezuelan equities after the government lifted all restrictions on the buying and selling of dollars last month.

17.   Hashimoto also said the government should lift a ban on holding companies.

18.   Hoping to capture this flow, the government has just lifted a ban on Cubans shopping in dollar stores -- after doubling prices, of course.

19.   International treaties, however, allow only a government to lift the diplomatic immunity of its envoys abroad, they said.

20.   Issuance of corporate debt has soared in the four years since the government lifted the ceiling on the amount of bonds corporations can issue.