None of the cars was taxed as a gas guzzler, a special category reserved for vehicles getting less than 22.5 miles to a gallon of gasoline.

The Conseil later re-classified the film with an X certificate, a category usually reserved for mainstream pornographic movies.

In 2001 the number of foreigners admitted to the United States on P and O temporary visas - categories reserved for artists, athletes and other special workers - was 85,310.

Thus, sometimes two actors in the same performance piece are nominated for Best Actor or Best Actress - categories traditionally reserved for leads.

The "Discovery of Sushi" is growing fast, and plans to open for its fifth edition in 2011 a category reserved for European professional sushi chefs.

And it has not declared programs like home-heating assistance to be fiscal emergencies, a category usually reserved for wars and natural disasters, not the coming of winter.

"Many of those buying for $400,000 and $500,000 are first-time buyers in a category once reserved for second-time home buyers who were moving up."

The police said that Joseph Brooks would be charged as an adult with juvenile offender status, a category reserved for suspects in second-degree murder cases who are younger than age 16.

It is classified as a Schedule II drug, a category reserved by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration for medications that have been abused.

Standard & Poor's reduced the credit ratings of all of auto's Big Three, tossing Chrysler into a category reserved for "junk bonds."