101.   Edison also said it would initiate new consumer billing and service programs and allow customers to buy wind or solar energy at a slightly higher rate than traditional sources.

102.   Even more than the United States, Canada is a nation of newcomers, welcoming refugees and immigrants at a greater rate than any other country.

103.   Even with the latest decline, the United States would still have a far higher homicide rate than European and Asian countries where such statistics are reliably kept.

104.   Even so, non-Hispanic whites and blacks generally die in wrecks at higher rates than Hispanics, the CDC said.

105.   Extended-stay hotels in Manhattan generally feature more sophisticated furnishings and services, and charge higher rates than those in other parts of the country.

106.   Fidelity said its retail mutual fund business has been rising at a more sluggish rate than before.

107.   Finally, Latinos vote at much lower rates than either whites or blacks, though there are signs that participation is increasing.

108.   Flight crews were also being subjected to searches at higher rates than the traveling public, she said.

109.   Florida has a higher crime rate than Texas and a more liberal concealed weapons law.

110.   Federal law requires that candidates get lower rates than commercial advertisers, but even this preferential rate is rising in the last weeks of the campaign.