31.   The clerks accepted the checks, which were made out to a Citibank subsidiary and converted the proceeds to dollars.

32.   The machine also accepts checks, credit cards and food stamps, but those forms of payment require dealing with an attendant at the end of the transaction.

33.   The only stores that accepted his check were those in West Los Angeles and Van Nuys, he said.

34.   Until now, the FAA has accepted checks of resumes instead, reasoning that anyone with a steady employment history cannot have spent time in jail for a felony.

35.   Worried about the source of the donations, fund officials declined to accept the checks.

36.   But some of its stores in inner-city neighborhoods with large minority populations refused to accept checks even when customers met the requirements, he charged.

37.   Consumers, meanwhile, are likely to find checks are accepted more at stores where credit and debit cards have made heavy inroads.

38.   Estrada said that an American consultant working for him accepted the check but that he was unaware the money came from illegal gambling lords.

39.   For customers to pay bills by electronic check, merchants, credit card companies and utilities must agree to bill customers electronically and accept electronic checks.

40.   In light of the criticism, a mayoral spokeswoman said, the city has not accepted the check.