31.   But the spread is often an even bigger cost.

32.   But the spread still is the basic football bet, and the betting line always is a topic of conversation at the Super Bowl.

33.   Closer to home, the spreads are available at Wild Oats and are being test-marketed at Hy-Vee stores.

34.   Conversely, wider spreads are an indication that investors are increasingly afraid.

35.   Critics called those payments kickbacks and said their existence was evidence that spreads were too high.

36.   Epidemics ensued, but historians are unsure to what extent the spread was due to natural or deliberate exposure.

37.   Even if U.S. rates rise, Gradante said, the spread will still be enough to make some money.

38.   Even stick spreads are likely to be lower-fat vegetable spreads.

39.   For one thing, spreads are set in part by competition, and on only the most liquid and heavily traded stocks would such narrow spreads be possible.

40.   For the first time ever, spreads are now smaller on Nasdaq than on the New York Stock Exchange, according to Nasdaq data released earlier this month.