21.   At first, the Republicans decided to measure whether a surplus existed by determining each year whether the national debt was lower than the previous year.

22.   Adopted culture is always incorrigibly lower than the original model.

23.   All infant formulas contain nucleotides, but at levels lower than those found in human milk.

24.   But the arm fused so that he could move it no lower than his chin.

25.   By contrast, most e-tailers, taking their cue from Amazon.com, tried to offer selection, service and prices lower than those in stores.

26.   Depending on events in world markets overnight and in the futures markets that morning, stocks can open sharply higher or lower than they closed the night before.

27.   During the past few years, attendance at holiday parties has been lower than party planners expected, Kaplan said.

28.   ECON-PRICES -- Inflation at the producer level in September was lower than nearly all economists expected -- but was higher than it seems.

29.   Even with all of the improvements engineered into the new Explorer, prices are close to or lower than those of the model it replaces.