21.   He noted that the economy was slowing down and that high energy costs are having a depressing effect on growth.

22.   Her program choices have increased, but so have her costs.

23.   Hertz says its fleet costs have more than doubled in that time.

24.   Health care costs have to go up at some point, and the dollar will fall some day, he suggested.

25.   Health care costs have to go up at some point, and the dollar will fall some day.

26.   Higher costs have some companies reining in expansion.

27.   However it is packaged, the cost would have to be no higher than canned salmon.

28.   In an earlier stop in Albuquerque, N.M., he touted his newly adopted position that mental health costs should have parity with other medical expenses in insurance policies.

29.   Indeed, slackening demand for business travel and rising fuel and worker costs have big airlines searching for ways to nip and tuck expenses.

30.   No final proposal has been agreed on, and a total package cost has yet to be calculated, she said.