81.   JAL has been cutting its bloated fixed costs -- primarily salaries for flight attendants and pilots -- by hiring more lower-paid foreigners and cutting jobs.

82.   Juice companies still have to pay fixed costs, such as advertising and packaging, as well as fees to supermarkets to assure they get shelf space.

83.   Large size is important to health care companies because it lets them obtain more favorable prices from doctors and hospitals and spread their fixed costs over a wider base.

84.   Larger funds can spread fixed costs over a larger pool of money than smaller funds.

85.   Lower-than-expected growth combined with high fixed costs, the company said, resulted in the sharp drop in earnings.

86.   Lower production means fixed costs must be spread over fewer vehicles, raising the cost per vehicle.

87.   Nuclear plants, with their high fixed costs and regulatory headaches, are likely to be unprofitable for many utilities, analysts say.

88.   Once your fixed cost is covered, each additional unit you sell will be mostly gravy.

89.   Once these fixed costs are incurred, however, actually producing the drug may cost very little.

90.   Once those companies cover their fixed costs, much of the additional revenue winds up on the bottom line.