71.   He said that several factors were contributing to a healthy environment for the market with little threat of inflation in the near term.

72.   He said only that the defense department was studying land and sea based systems that could be deployed against limited threats in the near term.

73.   Hong Kong stocks began to lose steam as China stocks retreated on investor concerns their recent gains may have exceeded their value for the near term.

74.   Hopes for lower German interest rates also dimmed after Bundesbank economist Otmar Issing said money supply growth will accelerate in the near term.

75.   However, with Republicans in this Congress strongly opposed to the method, the sampling debate appeared to be over for the near term.

76.   I would expect to see this company to be probably neutral to slightly positive or negative in a pure earnings sense in the near term.

77.   If there is greater volatility, it might occur in the near term and in smaller regional power markets where there are fewer traders.

78.   In fact, some TASC officials think their biggest markets in the near term could be monitoring for problems other than shoplifters or crooked employees.

79.   In the near term Hopewell still has to invest cash into most of its China projects as well as pay for the balance of its shares in subsidiary CEPA.

80.   In the near term, Americans benefit from the flow of capital.