31.   In the U.K., trading slowed considerably in the second half, after a rapid increase in first-half profits, said Lancaster.

32.   Ironically, managed care is partly responsible for the rapid increase in drug costs.

33.   New York University president L. Jay Oliva said Thursday that the purchase of the Palladium was prompted by a rapid increase in enrollment.

34.   One big change Kim has observed over the past three to four years is a rapid increase in the percentage of young women among his customers.

35.   Optimists, though, see the data as evidence that European companies still have much opportunity for rapid increases in profitability.

36.   Others have jumped into the race to supply gas to India and Pakistan, where economic growth is fueling rapid increases in energy consumption.

37.   Part of the reason smaller spaces can produce a good income for a broker is the rapid increase in rental rates in Manhattan.

38.   Rapid increases in stock prices are one reason, Huber said.

39.   Rapid increases in volatility reflect forces both within the stock market and outside of it.

40.   That way, the owners would have the tax as insurance against a continuation of the rapid increase in average salaries.