91.   Also, the expectations of lower rates in the U.S. helped push stocks traded on Wall Street higher.

92.   Although badly damaged by World War II, Burma then had the best health care system, the best civil service and the highest literacy rate in Southeast Asia.

93.   Although black women are the least likely to commit suicide, black men have the fastest rising suicide rate in the country.

94.   Although homicide rates in Phoenix have slowed this year, authorities say the violence threatens to siphon off law-enforcement resources from other crime-fighting needs.

95.   Among children and teen-agers, lack of physical activity is considered the biggest factor in the rising obesity rates in this country.

96.   An improvement in premium rates in Canada will also figure for General Accident.

97.   An increase in the jobless rate in October was no cause for concern, the Massachusetts Division of Employment and Training said in its monthly jobs report.

98.   Americans are flocking to international stock mutual funds at the fastest rate in history.

99.   An advertisement in several newspapers sponsored by a consumer group contended that Nynex has the highest local phone rates in the country.

100.   An Aetna U.S. Healthcare spokesman acknowledged Wednesday that the company charged the new HMO rates in error.