91.   State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns said today the U.S. has the right to introduce measures against Colombia to protect U.S. national security.

92.   That ensured that the opposition parties, which had introduced the measure Monday evening, would fail.

93.   The Bank of Thailand has introduced several measures in the past three months to fight inflation.

94.   The administration would have preferred to wait until after the election before introducing tougher measures, but the diplomatic timetable would not allow that.

95.   The central bank has introduced several measures in recent weeks aimed at lowering interest rates, including easing requirements for companies to take on foreign debt.

96.   The bill now goes to the Senate, where Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., is expected to introduce the measure this week.

97.   The government has, during the past several years, introduced numerous measures aimed at increasing competition in the financial services industry.

98.   The measure was introduced by Sen. David Adkins, a Leawood Republican.

99.   The measure was introduced last year but stalled in the Assembly, which was then controlled by Democrats.

100.   The measure can be introduced anytime in the next six weeks.