Some physicians complain that cost-control rules are interfering with patient service.

"The new rules do not interfere with the ability of plaintiffs, all of whom are attorneys, to practice law," Judge Titone noted in his decision.

At any rate, the manual says rather mysteriously, such rules "should not interfere with the relationship of the financial institution with its good customers."

The rule also does not interfere with anti-takeover laws, like Indiana's, that affect the voting rights of shareholders.

Federal officials say the new rules should not interfere with the flow of information needed to treat patients and pay claims.

I've made it a lifelong rule never to interfere in other people's lives.

The trouble is, as a rule, shape-shifters won't interfere in the lives of others, even their own kind, unless they have a reason to do so.

And they may do so without fear that arcane and technical legal rules never intended for the art scene would interfere with their wishes.

If such rules interfere with his agenda, then, as far as he is concerned, rules be damned.

They say, for example, that cleaner cars cannot be engineered within the allotted time, or that tightening rules for development interferes with the free market.