71.   Oil imports had little impact on the trade balance even though prices rose during March.

72.   Oil and gasoline inventories rose during the past few weeks --evidence the slowing economy could be cutting demand.

73.   One recent night, my wife and I saw a TV news report that said domestic abuse cases generally rise during the hottest weather.

74.   Other categories of crash deaths involving sport utilities have also risen during this period as sport utilities have become more common.

75.   Poverty in the West, by contrast, has risen during the decade, partly because of an unusually large influx of immigrants, some economists say.

76.   President Ronald Reagan discontinued most such spending, but it rose during both the Bush and Clinton administrations.

77.   Physicians should take this information into account when blood pressure rises in thin hypertensive patients during the winter, editors of the journal said.

78.   Price-to-earnings ratios typically rise during an economic slowdown as investors bet earnings will recover quickly once the economy gains steam.

79.   Sales of autos at the wholesale level also rose during the month, along with sales of drugstore sundries, paper products, and alcoholic beverages.

80.   Sales rose during the strike.