21.   A Vivendi spokesman said that the share sale had helped the company reduce its debt to an acceptable level.

22.   Acceptable levels in those countries are about half of those in the United States.

23.   According to the shortstop, the pain in his wrist intensifies each day and the day off gets him back to a more acceptable level.

24.   But California official officials say that the technology has not been developed and there is no acceptable level of secondhand smoke indoors.

25.   But if instead it begins to appear that growth will continue at an acceptable level for a couple of years, those stocks could benefit.

26.   COCarbon monoxide was twice the acceptable level.

27.   Dissolved oxygen, a sign of marine health, is well below acceptable levels.

28.   Elevated levels of a variety of air pollutants were detected at various sites in the area, including amounts of benzene three to six times higher than acceptable levels.

29.   Fay also said that the USGA continues to examine golf balls in an attempt to determine an acceptable level of design advancements.

30.   Ford disputes the gross-polluter charge, claiming that the technology used in the Excursion has reduced its emissions to an acceptable level.