71.   Accelerating inflation leads to higher interest rates, which increase borrowing costs, dampen consumer demand and crimp corporate profit and share prices.

72.   According to the Association of British Insurers, an angina diagnosis could increase the cost of an insurance policy.

73.   Adopting the Japanese approach to policing in the United States would increase costs substantially.

74.   Both bills are opposed by insurance companies and by employers who pay premiums and are concerned that the mandated coverage would increase the cost of those premiums.

75.   But business organizations and insurers immediately denounced the proposal, saying it would increase health insurance costs for employers and employees.

76.   But crash programs, most economists argue, are apt to increase the cost of containing emissions without increasing the benefits.

77.   But employers have strenuously resisted any new mandates, saying they would increase insurance costs, which are already rising rapidly.

78.   But critics question why public officials would enter into an agreement that could increase costs.

79.   But environmentalists say the bill could create state-federal turf battles, increase costs and make the Everglades wait in line for water behind cities and farmers.

80.   But Democrats say that such accounts appeal mainly to people who are healthy or wealthy and will increase costs for higher-risk people who buy conventional health insurance.