President Clinton was expected to sign an order mandating the 20 percent standard for paper purchases by the Government.

It was the first ruling to apply the 40 percent standard to strip clubs.

Some of the most exalted American wines are blends that don't meet the 75 percent standard.

Because of the climate and the amount they are producing they could not keep up with that 51 percent standard.

We also tasted eight blends in which no particular grape met the 75 percent standard.

Those states could now ask the Energy Department for permission to enforce the 30 percent standard within their own borders.

Fifteen states now use the 0.08 percent standard and 33 set their limits at 0.10.

Using the 100 percent standard, it should be offered at restaurants for $24 to $26.

As a result, the three percent standard will rarely be exceeded, not even in a bad economic climate. This is the theory behind it, anyway.

If school districts in Louisiana were to meet the 65 percent standard, he said, teachers could get a raise of $5,000 to $6,000 a year.