111.   A heavy regional accent, including a Southern drawl, works against job candidates, a University of North Texas study concludes.

112.   A lot of factors are working against them.

113.   A liberal use of barter can work against companies as well, said Rich LeFurgy, chairman of the Internet Advertising Bureau.

114.   A lot of teams with home ice lost in the first round, and sometimes it can work for you and sometimes it can work against you.

115.   A number of things work against Getchell.

116.   A number of things are working against him.

117.   A period of rising interest rates usually works against smaller stocks, and the coming summer months are rarely a strong season for technology issues.

118.   A. What is working against the industry right now is a lack of fare increases, growing low-fare competition and uncertainties surrounding airport security.

119.   Active perception can also work against us, giving too much creo what we expect and not enough to what we actually witness.

120.   Add to that the risk of having the leverage of a futures contract work against you.