41.   Over the past several months, domestic and foreign investors have been targeting Czech investment funds trading at steep discounts to net asset value for acquisition.

42.   Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine, has authored legislation that would force drugmakers to offer steep discounts on all prescriptions sold to Medicare beneficiaries.

43.   Rates have fallen even further as companies have offered customers steep discounts from the state-set rates.

44.   Rival insurance companies recoil at the prospect of competing against a company with the market power to negotiate steep discounts with hospitals.

45.   Save-A-Lot, which features a limited assortment of goods at steep discounts, has a similar strategy.

46.   Secondary firms often acquire positions at steep discounts, based on the reputation of the fund and the risk involved.

47.   Since resuming operations last fall after a three-month shutdown for safety reasons, Valujet has gotten a cold shoulder from passengers despite offering steep discounts.

48.   Shareholders have complained for ages that closed-end funds often trade at steep discounts to their net asset values.

49.   Some low-level wholesalers are beginning to receive supplies at steep discounts as an incentive to sell more heroin.

50.   Specifically, they oppose provisions that require local carriers to lease their phone lines to new competitors at steep discounts.