31.   Bond investors welcomed the news as further evidence of slower growth that will keep inflation in check and give the Fed little reason to raise borrowing costs anytime soon.

32.   Bond investors welcomed the news because it boosts the odds the Federal Reserve will hold the federal funds rate on overnight bank loans steady well in the new year.

33.   Bond investors, who often worry about the inflation implications of too-fast growth, welcomed the news.

34.   Blair and his Irish counterpart, Bertie Ahern, welcomed the news.

35.   Both L.A. groups welcomed the news and considered it a personal victory.

36.   Bond investors, who often worry about the inflation implications of too-fast growth, welcomed the news in the Labor Department report.

37.   After so much volatility, most Americans would welcome less news.

38.   Airline executives say they welcome the news, on the grounds that anything that makes flying safer is good for the industry.

39.   Bush also welcomed news of the Middle East cease fire.

40.   But Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock, who welcomed news of the breakthrough, said the action had nothing to do with the protests.