41.   The American Bar Association, spurred by a federal regulator, has adopted an ethics rule forbidding lawyers from making political contributions as a way to get government work.

42.   The donors then wrote off the contributions as tax-exempt business expenses.

43.   The donors wrote off the contributions as tax-exempt business expenses.

44.   Prime Minister John Major had viewed the EU budget contribution as a vote of confidence in the government and had threatened to dissolve parliament if he lost.