31.   Staggeringly expensive epics are prime cannon fodder during sweeps periods, the thrice-yearly ratings matchups that determine advertising rates for the entire year.

32.   Sweeps, which also occur in February and November, are the months when networks determine advertising rates.

33.   Such numbers can be maddeningly debatable, however, since many factors determine crime rates -- which death penalty foes might say is just the point.

34.   That would lower the yield on Treasury bonds, which help determine rates on everything from mortgages to corporate and municipal borrowing.

35.   The agency also determined the rates they could charge.

36.   The agency normally uses a midpoint of a range supplied by staff to determine rate of return.

37.   The Coopers report suggested that the market be allowed to determine energy rates for large, institutional clients.

38.   The company said it expects the government to determine the rate at which PT Telkom can boost phone call charges later this month.

39.   The proposed rules are expected to take into consideration whether competition is a factor in a specific market when determining maximum rates.

40.   The rates are determined by distance, the value of the lobsters and volume.