21.   He attributed the increase to the merger and to greater trade between the United States and Mexico.

22.   He attributes the increases to gouging by gas companies.

23.   He attributed an increase in sales last month to the memorial services held this summer for John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Lauren Bessette.

24.   He attributed the increase in arrests to tips from coastal police agencies and the public.

25.   He attributed the increase to renewed investor anxiety about inflation.

26.   He attributed that increase to the success of new trucks models.

27.   He attributed the increase in asylum requests to repression in various Mexican state and municipal elections.

28.   He attributed the increase to patients with flu-like symptoms and a cough, a number of whom needed to be admitted.

29.   He attributed the increase to the significant supply available on the world market.

30.   He attributed the increase to recent state and federal cuts in welfare and social programs.