51.   Earlier Thursday, Annan appealed to the council to take urgent measures to improve the program and loosen the controls on imports.

52.   Earlier Thursday, Annan appealed to the council to loosen controls on imports.

53.   He ended collective farming, loosened government controls over state factories, allowed expansion of the tiny private sector and invited foreign companies to invest.

54.   In addition, sources close to the talks said on condition of anonymity that the PFLP was pushing for Arafat to loosen control of the PLO.

55.   In recent years, the country been loosening controls both in the economic sphere and, to a lesser extent, in politics.

56.   Italy recently joined a pact loosening border controls within Europe.

57.   Japan wants to loosen controls on hunting minke whales.

58.   Meanwhile, China also plans to loosen controls on the purchase of foreign exchange by individuals, the official said.

59.   Media executives attempted to convince wary Senate Democrats Tuesday that loosening controls over their industry would increase rather than limit consumer choices for news and entertainment.

60.   Officials argue that a rich-poor gap is inevitable when centralized control is loosened in favor of the free market.