11.   Entrance requirements are lowered for black students applying to college.

12.   Fees for filing electronically may be waived or lowered for people who have purchased tax software and installed it on their computers.

13.   Falling paper and pulp prices will push third-quarter earnings lower for most U.S. forest-product companies as earnings decline for the fourth straight quarter.

14.   Flags also can be lowered for local deaths or periods of mourning proclaimed by local officials.

15.   Finally, some executives fear any plan that increases business taxes -- even if it lowers them for capital-intensive ones -- would stifle economic growth.

16.   Four years ago, California agreed to deregulate its utilities with the hope that competition would lower rates for consumers.

17.   He agreed that salamanders are sometimes stranded on land when the pool water is lowered for the cleanings.

18.   He used silver zippers with jewelrylike pulls that could be raised or lowered for more or less decency.

19.   If Lenenrgo is relieved of some of its debts, it said it plans to lower rates for industrial customers.

20.   In exchange for that and a higher general sales tax, property taxes would have been lowered for both residential and commercial property owners.