21.   Special regulations apply when buildings near rivers are heavily damaged, so more than a dozen homeowners volunteered to be bought out by government.

22.   The anti-smoking regulations also apply to death-row inmates in California and Texas -- even those seeking a final smoke as a last request before execution.

23.   The board asked Cornell to answer questions about its parking situation to determine what zoning regulations should apply.

24.   The FCC regulation applies only to broadcast stations, not cable.

25.   The new regulations apply only to businesses that have been operating less than three consecutive years.

26.   The new regulations do not apply to unionized workers.

27.   The new maritime regulations do not apply only to ships.

28.   The new regulations also apply to Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program for the poor.

29.   The new regulations do not apply to those visiting Turkey on a cruise ship.

30.   The new regulation will apply to financial news services owned by companies like Reuters Holdings Plc, Dow Jones and Co. and Bloomberg LP.