11.   But a spokesman for Gov. Christie Whitman said the new report had raised questions about the bill.

12.   But Dr. Charles Flexner, an associate professor of medicine in clinical pharmacology at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, said the report raised important issues.

13.   But some scientists said the report raised significant concerns.

14.   But the report raises concerns about decisions not to prosecute the well-connected.

15.   Canadian bonds fell after a new housing report raised concern the Bank of Canada may lift interest rates to slow economic growth and reduce the threat of higher prices.

16.   Economists said the report raised the possibility of slow growth in the second quarter, after a first quarter most analysts think will show no growth at all.

17.   Financial market participants shrugged off the early jobless claims report, then unloaded bonds fell after the Fed report raised the chances of faster growth, and inflation.

18.   However modest, the report raised hopes that corporate profits may reverse their slide and lifted shares of technology companies including Juniper Networks, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems.

19.   In February, a General Accounting Office report raised questions about whether the sophisticated computers to tabulate the census data will be ready.

20.   Initially, the report raised concerns in financial markets that a burst of new hiring, with rising wages, could cause inflation to heat up.