91.   One locally based retailer that beat that average was TJX of Framingham, Mass.

92.   She was crestfallen when ASU turned her down as a bilingual-education major because her grade-point average was slightly lower than required.

93.   So the average was two.

94.   That average is three-tenths of a percentage point higher than the long-range average anticipated just last July.

95.   Such an average is easy to calculate, but a problem arises when one of the component companies splits its stock.

96.   That was very near what the long-term average had been.

97.   That meant shares in companies like Caterpillar Inc., which sells its earth-moving equipment in Japan, went up even when the Dow Jones average was down.

98.   That average is the second lowest in the nation.

99.   The average American is not greatly concerned about who governs Haiti but is concerned about the armada of illegal aliens seeking refuge on U.S. shores.

100.   The average Corsican is sick of it, but there is a code of silence.