1.  At the time, only two states barred the practice.

2.  Banking officials said that only some countries in the Islamic world now bar the practice.

3.  A federal judge temporarily barred the practice in December, but his ruling is being reviewed by an appeals court.

4.  The administration will again seek to bar this practice, sometimes used by investors to get around capital gains taxes.

5.  The plaintiffs want the court to bar the practice and to award them unspecified damages.

6.  Under the new legislation, every state would allow it unless its legislature specifically voted to bar the practice.

7.  An even larger number collect information about the public despite a White House directive barring the practice.

8.  Egyptian law does not bar the practice, but limits is to hospitals.

9.  The practices would be barred under the consent decree, which would give competitors a better chance to sell their products to computer makers.