61.   Setting such targets would take Australia partly down the path taken by neighbouring New Zealand.

62.   Some officials contend the inflation target should be set by the average of the three lowest inflation rates.

63.   Speaking just before the end of trading, however, Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura threw cold water on the idea of setting numerical targets to reduce the trade surplus.

64.   The administration usually sets high targets for cuts and then carries out only a portion of them.

65.   The agents said IRS managers set revenue targets that compelled agents to go after innocent taxpayers even though the agency is prohibited by law from setting financial quotas.

66.   The Bundesbank sets a target for growth each year, ostensibly adjusting rates to meet the target.

67.   The Bundesbank has kept the so-called repo rate, which sets the target for overnight lending, at record-low levels since last August.

68.   The Bundesbank on Thursday set its target for growth in the money supply for a two-year period for the first time.

69.   The central bank took no further action on the repo rate, which sets a target for overnight lending and is comparable to the U.S. federal funds rate.

70.   The House went farther, setting a target that would double such sales without regard to cost.