21.   Congress later adopted a law raising new barriers to investor fraud claims.

22.   Consumer advocates also note that the rates adopted Friday do not match the savings touted by lawmakers when they first adopted the deregulation law two years ago.

23.   Eight states have adopted laws that include sexual orientation as a protected category in harassment or civil rights statutes governing public schools.

24.   Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said this morning the government will adopt new laws to implement financial reform.

25.   Forty-one states have adopted such laws.

26.   Forty-six states have adopted laws in recent years permitting some juveniles to be tried and sentenced as adults.

27.   He has also managed to get member states of the Organization of African Unity to consider adopting a law that will ban patents on genes.

28.   He also said financial costs should be considered before adopting environmental laws.

29.   If we decided not to fight, the whole world could simply adopt laws undermining patents.

30.   In response to such scandals, many states adopted laws requiring agents to register and prohibiting them from paying college players.