41.   In Brussels, a meeting of European Union veterinary officials may decide Monday to impose a blanket ban on British beef.

42.   In Sarajevo, Janowski said Serbs had announced they were imposing a blanket ban on all overland aid shipments for a week, beginning Sunday.

43.   India, Australia, Canada and New Zealand also argued a blanket ban could be too far-reaching.

44.   Last month, authorities announced a blanket ban on public rallies.

45.   Mad cow disease is clearly a problem and the blanket ban on Britain was inexcusable.

46.   Okamoto was quoted Thursday as overruling Mann with a blanket ban.

47.   On Monday, several thousand protesters gathered near the rural village of Sementa in the surrounding state of Selangor in defiance of a blanket police ban on political rallies.

48.   Pearl Jam requested the precautionary blanket ban two months after nine fans died in a frenzied crush at a concert in Denmark.

49.   President Bush has never been in favor of a blanket soft money ban but has pointedly avoided coming out against McCain-Feingold.

50.   Roger Vincent, spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, called for a blanket ban on using mobile phones while driving.