31.   The group proposed loosening rules on companies selling stock for the first time and called for stricter rules on patents.

32.   The group proposed loosening rules for offering stocks to the public and wants to let companies that post losses list their shares.

33.   The Immigration and Naturalization Service has stepped in to loosen work rules for foreign students.

34.   The institute and many Republican lawmakers have proposed loosening FDA rules to get drugs to the market sooner.

35.   The government has loosened the rules that govern the sale of prescription drugs, making it easier for retailers to sell generic varieties.

36.   The legislation would essentially loosen the rules that the authorities must follow in searching for and seizing evidence from criminal suspects.

37.   The law also loosened the rules for which type of school and for which state the money can be used.

38.   The Ministry of Finance announced measures to loosen rules on offshore securities investment.

39.   The only way to squelch such talk is to loosen the rules that prohibit athletes from making a living.

40.   The Transportation Department, agreeing that airbags sometimes do more harm than good, loosened the rules on installing on-off switches.