71.   Comments by a host of Bundesbank officials have suggested rates will stay on hold for the time being.

72.   Comments by Bundesbank President Hans Tietmeyer that there is still room for some currencies to rise against the mark helped boost the dollar, traders said.

73.   Comments by David W. Smith, the chancellor for the archdiocese, on Friday seemed to support that interpretation.

74.   Comments by Greenspan today during his semiannual testimony to lawmakers rekindled optimism rates will fall more.

75.   Comments by more than two dozen Macedonians around the same age would seem to bear out his concerns.

76.   Comments by the two Republican leaders led to a spate of lobbying.

77.   Comments by U.S. officials that Japan is relying too heavily on exports are making Japanese automakers nervous, said Peter Boardman, an auto analyst at UBS Securities Ltd.

78.   Comments by Bundesbank officials suggesting German rates might not fall as soon as some analysts expect also weighed on the dollar, analysts said.

79.   Comments by Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan yesterday suggested the central bank may not move interest rates higher because it expects the economy to slow.

80.   Comments by Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka yesterday showed a new sense of urgency that traders and analysts said may point to new government support.