21.   At the same time, corporate capital spending will continue growing, albeit at a slower rate this year, forecasts show.

22.   Because water warms at a much slower rate than land, onshore breezes are chilled, effectively robbing coastal communities of springtime warmth.

23.   A look at the adoption of other new technologies, such as televisions, shows that PCs have been adopted at a slower rate than things like VCRs.

24.   A key gauge of U.S. manufacturing grew at a slower rate in August as factories contended with bulging inventories and the strike against United Parcel Service of America Inc.

25.   A slower rate in the transition to the new version of Windows is likely to mean a delay in the purchase of more powerful computers.

26.   A smaller antenna is handling the data transmissions, though at a much slower rate.

27.   After years of unimpeded expansion, the fund industry is bracing for a slower rate of growth and stiffer competition.

28.   Bush, instead, has called for voluntary measures that would allow gas emissions to rise but at a slower rate.

29.   But other fund groups reported that money continued to come in, albeit at slower rates.

30.   Cabletron is still growing at a much slower rate than most major networking companies, said Terry Murphy, an analyst at Smith Barney.