11.   On the copper market, concern that higher U.S. interest rates will choke off demand from key copper-consuming industries helped push prices down.

12.   Saddled with high living costs that helped push out thousands of other manufacturing jobs, Connecticut was anxious to promote itself as hospitable to research and development.

13.   The surplus helped push the dollar down.

14.   While the retail sales statistics helped push up interest rates and raised concerns among stock market investors, the unexpectedly robust demand bodes well for retailers.

15.   While the retail sales statistics helped push up interest rates and raised concerns among stock investors, the unexpectedly robust demand helped retailers.

16.   Profit-taking helped push down Tokyo share prices in moderate trading Thursday, while the dollar edged higher against the yen.

17.   A late round of buying in the stock futures market helped push up prices in the cash market, traders said.

18.   Arbitrage-related buying in the cash market, led by higher futures prices, also helped push up prices, said Hiroshi Shigemura, a Yamaichi Securities trader.

19.   David Zanotti, whose group helped push term limits through nine years ago, said spouses have just as much right to run for office as anyone else.

20.   In currency trading, the decline in stock prices weighed on the yen and helped push the dollar up.