31.   The need for consistent customer service dictates holiday policies for many companies.

32.   The religious right picks up disproportionate power when it attaches itself to a mainstream political party and dictates policy.

33.   The practical result, opponents say, will be to risk allowing foreigners to dictate policies concerning areas as diverse as the environment and labor relations.

34.   The United States dictates policy and dominates the North American market in most everything except soccer.

35.   These days, when league administrators convene, Nebraska no longer dictates conference policy.

36.   They also worry that a handful of surviving House members could constitute a quorum and therefore dictate policy of the United States.

37.   Though every health care organization gives lip service to consumer choice, few actually allow them to dictate institutional policy.

38.   To Nader, the two major parties are mere creatures of the corporate interests that provide their money and dictate their policy.

39.   U.S. immigration policy cannot be dictated primarily by a desire to help finance development in Latin America.

40.   When bankrupt cities are taken over, it is usually by state-appointed control boards that dictate fiscal policy until the cities return to solvency.