91.   Cass and Platte counties grew at a faster rate than Johnson County in Kansas.

92.   Cabletron is still growing at a much slower rate than most major networking companies, said Terry Murphy, an analyst at Smith Barney.

93.   Commercial aviation has a far better accident rate than the railroads, but the FAA has been the more thorough agency in regulating safety.

94.   Companies are able to get lower borrowing rates than on conventional bonds.

95.   Conversely, when interest rates fall, the price of existing bonds goes up because they pay higher rates than new ones.

96.   Corning said it will invest the proceeds in communications products and other commercial businesses, which are growing at much faster rates than the housewares industry.

97.   Debre has argued that police officers have no higher suicide rates than other French citizens.

98.   Democrats are keener on reducing the bottom tax rate than the top.

99.   Does Forbes really believe he should pay taxes at no higher rate than his gardener?

100.   Earlier this year, analysts expected Europe to post higher economic growth rates than the United States would.