11.   The state already has a moratorium on drilling in most of its waters, which extend three miles off the coast.

12.   Already, they have a moratorium of sorts on talking about him.

13.   Most of the banks have since had a moratorium on rural branch closures.

14.   Russia has a moratorium on capital punishment, and President Boris Yeltsin has called for eliminating it altogether.

15.   Russia has a moratorium on the death penalty, and former President Boris Yeltsin commuted all death sentences to life in prison.

16.   The European Union has a moratorium on approval of new biotech crops.

17.   The United States, which has a moratorium on testing, has also expressed its unease at the French move.