71.   Murayama said the Japanese textile industry is facing difficulties because of the rapid increase in textile imports from China.

72.   New York-based Unicast, which developed the technology, has seen a rapid increase in interest, especially by traditional marketers looking to improve their promotions online.

73.   Ostroff said he was gratified that while the virus appears to be spreading among wild birds and insects, there has not been a rapid increase in human infections.

74.   SBC spokesman Randall Feger said that prepaid phone cards and the rapid increase in cell-phone use have drastically cut demand for pay phones.

75.   The ability of universities to subsidize students has meanwhile not kept pace with the rapid increase in enrollment since campuses opened their doors to all races.

76.   The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy attributed the widening deficit to rapid increases in industrial equipment imports from the United States, Japan and elsewhere.

77.   Tight liquidity has been afflicting the private sector for over a year with a consequent rapid increase in the number of business failures.

78.   Truckers said the rapid increase in diesel fuel prices is forcing many truckers to park their rigs.

79.   Warrilow said that population growth combined the burning of coal and oil have triggered a rapid increase in the greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

80.   Disinvestment in the public sector units would have to be pursued aggressively and a rapid increase of foreign direct investment needs to be encouraged, the survey added.