71.   All the oil companies said plentiful supplies of gasoline helped push down earnings from refining.

72.   Businesses and investors hope if prices rise slow enough, the government will loosen credit controls that have pushed down profits and share prices of Chinese companies.

73.   But Bernstein says a moderating economy has helped push down interest rates.

74.   But do so many customers really want steak, or are the automakers pushing it down their throats?

75.   But investors again showed their unhappiness with companies that issued warnings about third-quarter earnings by quickly pushing down the prices of their stocks.

76.   But some doctors now are questioning the effort to push down the rate for Caesarean sections, especially when economics is the prime factor in that effort.

77.   But such payouts push down the salaries of unspectacular players.

78.   But the effects were less severe than many economists had predicted, because the Japanese retrenchment coincided with a recession in the United States that pushed down interest rates.

79.   But the cost-cutting has failed to take effect, while the slump in corporate and investment continues to push down profits.

80.   Buying dollars would push down the value of the yen, promoting exports.