11.   At the same time, a key French official hinted that similar restrictions in her country could be removed today.

12.   Branch offices of private companies often have similar restrictions when their home office is in an area where New York rents would be unthinkable.

13.   A similar restriction in the Communications Decency Act was suspended indefinitely by a panel of federal judges in June.

14.   A similar restriction, imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission on securities dealers, has survived judicial challenge.

15.   All other public officials face similar restrictions.

16.   But it does not have similar restrictions on beef from elsewhere in Europe, Gminder said.

17.   Court documents indicate that at least eight other states have similar restrictions requiring some sort of special treatment for contracts that contain arbitration clauses.

18.   House Republicans refused to consider similar restrictions on House members although Democrats repeatedly pressed the issue.

19.   In Alaska, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and a dozen other states, bills have been introduced in state legislatures to place similar restrictions on unions.

20.   In April, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower-court ruling that had upheld similar restrictions in Baltimore.