61.   The crude oil inventory increase came at a time when the slowdown of some Asian economies limited the growth of oil demand in the region.

62.   The food stamp bill is part of an ambitious Republican effort to limit the growth of welfare spending and free poor people from dependence on government.

63.   The growth is not limited just to exports, since domestic demand has also begun to recover.

64.   The mice, described on Thursday in the journal Nature, owe their bulging physiques to the lack of a gene that would normally limit muscle growth.

65.   The measure would also limit further growth of gasoline stations operated directly by major oil companies.

66.   The OECD said that the appreciation of the schilling would risk limiting the growth of both exports and investment.

67.   The program commits the country to limiting money supply growth and keeping inflation in check.

68.   The report said sales growth was limited to a surge in the South while sales declined in the Northeast, Midwest and West.

69.   The quotas, though, limited growth.

70.   The yen is hurt by the sluggish Japanese economy, while the euro suffers from government policies that limit growth and from worries over Yugoslavia and Russia.