61.   Several people within the company say that the performance standards are much tighter this year.

62.   Since the Intergroup problems, the state also has beefed up its performance standards and fines.

63.   State support for business was often tied to strict performance standards and closely monitored.

64.   States are also developing performance standards, streamlining their bureaucracies, and upgrading their technology.

65.   Testimony on Tuesday is scheduled to include accusations that the agency holds high-level employees to less strict performance standards than lower-level employees.

66.   The agency issued a warning to consumers and urged the Underwriters Laboratory to toughen its performance standard for portable lamps.

67.   The contract does not set performance standards for the company to meet, and to people interested in the experiment, the question of accountability is troubling.

68.   The fund will disburse cash on a monthly basis, and only if Russia meets detailed performance standards.

69.   The new report shows that students now perform far below the new state performance standards.

70.   The official said the new approach would give the government more control over training, performance standards, wages and benefits.