31.   Critics say current policies mainly benefit large farmers in the Midwest and South, inflate land prices, and encourage cropping practices that harm the environment.

32.   Declines in nationwide residential land price are also slowing, Sekihara, of the Land Agency, said.

33.   Demand is so hot that land prices in some areas have doubled in the past five years.

34.   Critics said the development threat was a bargaining strategy to raise land prices and get top dollar from environmental groups and government agencies.

35.   Despite the restrictions, land prices have soared in the last three years, and West Hampton Dunes, once characterized by modest beach houses.

36.   Despite this, there is plenty of work and land prices are buoyant.

37.   England was suffering through an agricultural depression at the time, and land prices had collapsed.

38.   Even before land prices collapsed, however, the business of lending to small businesses had a tainted image in Japan.

39.   Except in Europe, where land prices force Gore to build vertically, Gore usually limits buildings to no more than two stories.

40.   Falling land prices are also suppressing demand for new housing and offices.