41.   A new weekend package that showcases exhibits at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford and features special rates at hotels and inns is available now through March.

42.   A report by Reuters that central bank policy-makers are likely to raise rates at a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Tuesday also depressed bonds, traders said.

43.   A growing number of economists say Fed officials may be prompted to lower rates at that session because the economy could be teetering in the edge of recession.

44.   A recent study showed lower mortality rates at a nursing home that kept lots of animals around.

45.   A surge in part-time workers was partly responsible for keeping the unemployment rate at a near three-year low.

46.   A. The turnover rate at Harley-Davidson is much, much below the national average for manufacturing.

47.   Accordingly, watts per square meter correspond to a rate at which heat energy is lost.

48.   Also, on Monday, rates at the treasury bill auctions are expected to drop after the central bank lowered the rates for some of its RRPs, yesterday.

49.   Bundesbank council member Edgar Meister yesterday said European economic and monetary union should start with interst rates at low German levels, instead of converging at a higher level.

50.   But even with long-term rates at new lows, shorter-term rates have not fallen so far.