1.  They invent strange reasons for doing so, saying that it has used anti-competitive practices.

2.  Also many refiners are using inventory practices that raise prices.

3.  Also under scrutiny, Goetz said, are sales practices used by agents in selling policies with vanishing premiums.

4.  Amanda Conroy, a spokeswoman for EMI, said that it had not used that practice, known as a minimum advertised price policy, in Europe.

5.  Although the consortium studies only its members, the practice is used at virtually every college and university in the country.

6.  At Queen Victoria Hospital, for instance, therapists massage burn patients with oils from lavender plants and eucalyptus trees, a practice long used by aromatherapists.

7.  At the hearing, senators will have a chance to publicly grill Gates about whether his company is using illegal practices to snuff out its competitors.

8.  Baxter said that if Intel is charged with using predatory practices to try to run its rivals out of business, the FTC will have a hard time winning.

9.  Abortion opponents said the practice could be used as an excuse to prolong pregnancies, because fetuses that are more developed produce tissue that is more valuable.

10.  But he could still use more practice editing.