21.   But some collectors, looking for new material at cheaper prices, may go to the black market, which many say is thriving.

22.   Buying high-speed service from both a telephone company and a cable company in a single market will help EarthLink negotiate better service and cheaper prices, he said.

23.   Claims that the company sends catalogues to men with cheaper prices than they send to women.

24.   Consumers favor the cheaper prices that deregulation would bring, while the farmers survive because of high levels of protection from foreign competition.

25.   Consumers, many of whom have been hit by record home heating and elective bills, are endorsing the cheaper prices at the pump.

26.   Declining prices make consumers reluctant to spend because they think they can buy later at cheaper prices.

27.   Devalued currencies in Thailand and Indonesia, and elsewhere, is likely to mean cheaper prices for goods produced in Asia, cutting into U.S. exports.

28.   Dumping is a practice in which a company sells its products overseas at a cheaper price than it sells them at home.

29.   Energy, basic material and transportation companies have growth rates comparable to those of technology stocks but carry much cheaper prices.

30.   Even those companies that have fuel they had already purchased at a cheaper price are finding they can make more money selling the gas.