71.   The report also noted that both retail sales and manufacturing activity increased, along with business and consumer lending, but applications for home mortgages slowed.

72.   The report also noted that insufficient disclosure has caused many investors to conclude that SIPC is similar to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

73.   The report also noted that the bus had been inspected three days before the crash by transportation officials in New York.

74.   The report also noted that the lack of any other similarly tainted places in the apartment suggested that no one had touched the pillow after it had been contaminated.

75.   The report also noted that venture capital funding was less forthcoming, and slightly more scrutiny was starting to accompany loans.

76.   The report further noted that the police routinely planted drugs, ammunition and religious leaflets on citizens to justify arrests.

77.   The report grimly notes that this pattern seems to repeat itself over generations.

78.   The report noted that children from poor, black, and Hispanic populations are at much higher risk of reading failure, and those children need special attention.

79.   The report noted that even though the number of total aircraft based at Van Nuys has decreased, the rise in corporate jets has spurred economic growth.

80.   The report noted that Fairchild Air Force Base suffered a rapid turnover of its senior leaders in the three years prior to the crash.