1.   Like the banana arguments, the battling over beef hormones has been going on for years.

2.   These would include beef hormones that make cattle produce more milk and grow fatter, and a number of bioengineered pharmaceuticals.

3.   Instead, they joined a Mardi Gras meat boycott to remember a veterinary inspector slain by gangsters peddling illegal beef hormones.

4.   The European Parliament on Thursday condemned a preliminary World Trade Organization ruling that an European Union-wide ban on beef hormones should be lifted.

5.   The European Parliament Thursday condemned a preliminary World Trade Organization ruling that an European Union-wide ban on beef hormones should be lifted.

6.   The EU bans beef hormones mainly because of pressure from consumers alarmed by suspected health risks from the growth-promoting chemicals.

7.   When, for example, Europe blocked our beef because of beef hormones, we went to the WTO.