61.   Parliament has agreed to begin work on amendments loosening control on property ownership, a step toward reaching an association agreement with the European Union.

62.   Prices in Venezuela stores have soared since the government loosened exchange controls a few months ago to allow a parallel market.

63.   Spain has been prodding Cuban leaders, including President Fidel Castro, to loosen state control over the economy and adapt to a free market system.

64.   Spain has been prodding Cuban leaders, including President Fidel Castro, to move faster in loosening state control over the economy and adapt to a free market system.

65.   Spain has been prodding President Fidel Castro to move faster in loosening state control over the economy and adapt to a free market system.

66.   The controllers oppose a government proposal to loosen state control over their organization, which they fear could lead to a loss of jobs.

67.   The government began loosening controls the following year.

68.   The number of money-losers has forced the central government to loosen control over management at some state companies.

69.   The Vatican has made increasingly direct appeals to the Beijing government to loosen its controls on religion.

70.   When he was senator, Attorney General John Ashcroft supported loosening export controls and opposed backdoor requirements.