And who knows what it will be by the time the restrictions are formally lifted on Jan. 1.

Price limits were formally lifted in 1962 and replaced by the formula.

The decision was made at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, she said, and the ban is expected to be formally lifted next week.

Usually, if an indictment is sealed, its existence remains secret until a judge formally lifts the seal.

However, the ban on singing and music, although not formally lifted by any council, soon became understood as only a ban outside of religious services.

In mid-1990, martial law was formally lifted but the security clampdown remains currently in force.

The five Spaniards whom the pope formally lifted to sainthood today were two priests and three nuns who died in the 20th century.

And Jordan formally lifted an economic boycott of Israel only last February.

The ban was formally lifted in 1963.

Mr. Tudjman also wants to control the flow of this weaponry, which he might lose if the embargo were formally lifted.