11.   As a first step, Japan will relax foreign exchange rules from April, making it easier for Japanese investors to park their money abroad.

12.   At the same time, the White House is considering a recommendation by Whitman and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham to relax pollution rules.

13.   Australia and New Zealand have adopted similar changes, and England, Ireland, Germany and Austria are relaxing their rules, too.

14.   A backlash led by disgruntled doctors and patients has pushed many tightly structured HMO plans to relax their rules, blurring the line between HMOs and preferred provider plans.

15.   But it is not so simple to relax the rules on the street.

16.   But relaxing the rules exacted a cost.

17.   But Karmazin said he first approached Redstone seriously right after the FCC proposed in early August to relax the rules limiting media concentration.

18.   But the argument for relaxing the rule is weak.

19.   But the guidelines would relax the rules of evidence and the right of appeal, according to administration and congressional officials.

20.   But under pressure from local businessmen, Taiwan is expected to relax those rules soon.