11.  Both reports want to end the practice of dragooning children into the system, and call on administrators to offer parents a range of choices.

12.  Britain unveiled a new code of conduct for its armed forces that ends its practice of barring gay men and lesbians from the military.

13.  Both Nynex and the Globe said they have ended their practices.

14.  Bush also has drawn criticism for ending the practice of allowing the American Bar Association to pre-clear potential judicial nominees.

15.  Bush wants to end the practice of advancing failing students with their peers.

16.  But a spokesman for Wal-Mart said Friday that the company had decided that it could better serve its own competitive interests by ending the practice.

17.  But fewer requests are being approved, and governments are trying to end the practice of using applications to enter a country legally and never leaving.

18.  But fishermen like Robinson remain wary of any outcome that falls short of ending target practice by the Navy.

19.  But Ruiz and the others at the Sierra Gorda Ecology Group think their educational efforts are taking hold, and will ultimately end such practices.

20.  But officials have tried to end such practices as sanctioning endless push-ups as punishment and letting knobs become malnourished.