31.   Brokers expect the Philippine tranche, selling at a time when markets throughout Asia have slumped to their lowest in months, to be oversubscribed.

32.   But few people expect mortgage rates, already the lowest in a generation, to keep falling, so fewer families will be refinancing.

33.   But the ratings for the three-and-a-half-hour show, on ABC, were the lowest in a decade.

34.   But the response rate was lowest in Milwaukee, the urban center where troubled clients are most concentrated.

35.   But today, its reading and math scores are among the lowest in the state.

36.   By contrast, quake incidence over the past five years has been lowest in April.

37.   By yesterday, however, the futures prices for both fuels were at their lowest in about six months.

38.   By contrast, the economies of Switzerland, Germany and Japan remain sluggish, with interest rates at the lowest in years.

39.   Canadian stocks surged as bond yields fell after U.S. economic reports showing inflation at its lowest in almost a decade damped concern interest rates will rise soon.

40.   City Manager Kevin Duggan noted that commercial vacancy rates in Mountain View are among the lowest in the Bay Area.