21.   But as rates drop, people able to take advantage of them are finding they can make a huge difference in how much things cost.

22.   But other economists doubt that the growth rate has dropped that far.

23.   But once savers do return to CDs again, they would be much less likely to flee if rates drop again, Bauer said.

24.   But rates could drop again, and soon.

25.   But the poverty rate hardly dropped at all, suggesting that welfare reform was neither the cruel blow nor the helping hand for the poor predicted during the debate.

26.   But the response rate has been dropping steadily for decades, and the bureau was predicting a further decline this year.

27.   Califano acknowledged that crime rates have dropped dramatically in the last five years and said the rising number of prisoners has a lot to do with it.

28.   Comments by Bundesbank officials suggested that money market rates will drop next Wednesday, the day before the Bundesbank meets for the first time since its summer recess.

29.   Crime rates dropped, along with video rentals of films about terrorism and destruction.

30.   Crime rates were dropping.