21.   Other potential pitfalls and abuses exist if the rules are loosened, some said.

22.   Rodman was too flaky for most coaches, but Jackson loosened the rules and stroked his ego, letting Rodman know how much the team needed him.

23.   That frailty may well resurface as America debates whether to significantly loosen rules for electronic surveillance and dramatically truncate judicial protections for resident aliens.

24.   The agency also loosened rules regarding payment for goods or services purchased by telephone.

25.   The Clinton administration is considering loosening rules governing how contractors on federal projects report how many of their employees are women or members of minorities.

26.   The Federal Communications Commission, under heavy political pressure, is preparing to loosen rules that limit the ability of television broadcasters to own other communications properties.

27.   The Federal Reserve is expected to make it easier for banks to underwrite securities by loosening rules Thursday that restrict bank holding companies from working with their securities affiliates.

28.   The Federal Reserve voted today to make it easier for banks to underwrite securities by loosening rules that restrict bank holding companies from working with their securities affiliates.

29.   The Federal Communications Commission on Friday decided to substantially loosen the rules that keep one company from controlling too much of the cable television industry.

30.   The General Accounting Office report recommended the rules be loosened significantly so that unemployment insurance could catch up to the changes in the work force.