41.   The possibility of a tax increase has the phones of City Council members ringing before one has even been proposed.

42.   The return to traditional attrition rates is proving to be a windfall for the industry because price increases have more than offset the shrinking market.

43.   Theater owners have insisted that the increases have had little effect on patronage in affluent markets like New York.

44.   While blood pressure rose sharply in most of the animals that took all the intended salt ration, three had no increase in blood pressure.

45.   Considering the financial impact the increase could have on students, the Governing Council agreed a subcommittee, including a student representative, should study the issue.

46.   Employers have said any salary increases would have to be at the expense of cuts in vacation pay.

47.   He said the prices of books at present were already high and the increase had discouraged people from buying books.

48.   However, since that time productivity increases have more than doubled.

49.   However, in countries where reserve requirements are already at a high level, further increase could have a stifling effect on the economy.

50.   Labor Minister Gennady Melikian told legislators the increase will have little bearing on living standards.