21.   Beijing has said that any sale of advanced weapons to Taiwan would severely damage relations with the United States, though Washington has made such sales in the past.

22.   Big band music is flying high with Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Carly Simon, Harry Connick Jr. and others making impressive sales with the format.

23.   Boeing, for example, would rather lower the price of a plane to make a sale than cut production, which is a costly process.

24.   Bosley and other lawmakers believe it would be wrong to pull the plug on stores who can currently make Sunday sales.

25.   All these sales are made in U.S. dollars, he points out, so local currencies are not an issue.

26.   A rising dollar makes foreign sales worth less when they are translated from the local currency into dollars.

27.   A sale was made.

28.   A strong dollar helps French companies that make sales in dollars.

29.   A stronger dollar makes overseas sales worth less when translated into dollars for financial reporting purposes.

30.   A strong dollar makes foreign sales worth less when converted into local currency.