31.   Blyth blamed the shutdown on fuel costs.

32.   - Several airlines and trucking companies now have fuel surcharges to recoup the higher fuel costs.

33.   Airline shares fell as oil prices rose, amid concern that higher jet fuel costs would cut into profits.

34.   Airline stocks have dropped sharply as fuel costs have risen.

35.   BRITISH TRUCKERS MOVING ABROAD Faced with far higher license fees and diesel fuel costs than their Continental rivals, British truck drivers are losing business, even within Britain.

36.   Both companies said an increase in passengers offset higher fuel costs.

37.   Bush has used rising fuel costs to imply that the Clinton administration is bringing the country to the brink of similar woes.

38.   But airlines are fretting about the current slowdown in business, not to mention high fuel costs.

39.   But fuel prices have risen sharply in recent months, and the airline expects its fuel costs to rise.

40.   But high natural gas prices have made nuclear- and coal-powered generators more valuable because their fuel costs are relatively stable.