101.   Trade friction again took center stage yesterday when U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky repeated a warning that Japan should rely less on exports to revive its economy.

102.   Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin today reiterated a past admonition to Japan revive its economy through domestic demand rather than via exports.

103.   U.S. officials have continued to urge Japan to rely less on exports and more on domestic demand to revive its economy.

104.   U.S. stocks rose amid optimism that the Federal Reserve may lower interest rates this month, reviving the economy and corporate profits.

105.   U.S. officials have repeatedly told Japan not to rely on exports to revive their economy.

106.   Unable to revive their economies, Mexico and Central America bought less from us, and our own economy felt the hurt.

107.   U.S. officials have repeatedly told Japan not to rely on export to revive their economy.

108.   U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said on Sunday that Japanese leaders are concerned that measures they are planning to revive their economy may not work.

109.   We will need support to help us rebuild these institutions and to revive our economy. . . .

110.   With deficits re-emerging as acceptable policy, a tax cut seems more likely than ever as a means to revive the economy.