31.   About two hours before tipoff, the Knicks learned the league office had temporarily dropped its requirement that coaches wear a microphone for nationally televised games.

32.   Agency drops requirement that all crew members, not just the flight crew, have keys to the cockpit.

33.   Also drops requirement that all crew members, not just the flight crew, have keys to the cockpit.

34.   At a minimum, the opposition says, South Africa should drop passport requirements and scrap migrant worker quotas.

35.   Birkavs has not say whether the critical requirement might be dropped.

36.   He attributed the increase to steps taken to attract a larger numbers of Arab Gulf tourists, especially dropping requirements for visas and for crossing the border in cars.

37.   In January, the military dropped the requirement that servicewomen traveling off base in Saudi Arabia wear a head-to-toe robe called an abaya.

38.   In January, the military dropped the requirements, but women are still strongly encouraged to follow them out of respect for their host country.

39.   Iran dropped visa requirements last year for Gulf Arab nationals and has eased visa requirements for many other countries to promote its long-neglected industry.

40.   Later he and his Croatian counterpart Mate Granic were expected to sign an agreement dropping visa requirements for diplomats and government officials.