71.   The law says children should be in bilingual education for three years, but the state routinely granted waivers to that rule.

72.   The law authorizes states to grant waivers to local school districts that want to spend federal dollars in ways that differ slightly from the specifically intended purpose.

73.   The lawsuit alleged that the NCAA engaged in sex discrimination by granting waivers more often to men than to women.

74.   The national party is unlikely to grant a waiver, but state Democratic chairman Dick Harpootlian said the local party believed it had no choice.

75.   The parents would have to submit a written request and meet with a school official before a waiver was granted.

76.   The student was granted a waiver more than a year later.

77.   The UIL grants waivers to give students additional years of high school eligibility, usually as a result of illness or other extenuating circumstances.

78.   The waivers were granted, but none have since made clear their intentions regarding the auction.

79.   There are precedents for granting a waiver.

80.   Thursday the Chinese responded positively by fax, granting the waiver to Chen.