31.  Open markets and the integration into a world economy were always thought to increase competition and reduce the need for antitrust action, he said.

32.  Some might even quietly welcome the antitrust action.

33.  That proposal, designed to settle scores of private antitrust actions, was struck down as inadequate by a federal judge last month.

34.  That is a new rationale for antitrust action, one adapted to the New Economy.

35.  The antitrust action would have attacked a broad range of Microsoft business practices.

36.  The antitrust action, filed in U.S. District Court in Tampa, Fla., asks for injunctive relief but it does not specify any monetary damages.

37.  The Bush administration is expected by many who follow Microsoft to be less aggressive in pursuing new antitrust action against the company.

38.  The break-up of Standard Oil and the resulting competition has often been cited as a precedent for the current antitrust action against Microsoft.

39.  The Bush administration is expected to be less aggressive in pursuing antitrust action against the company.

40.  The guidelines provided a clear blueprint for antitrust action.