41.   The steady rise in industrial production since October has been a major factor convincing people Japan is recovery-bound.

42.   There has been a steady rise for three or four years.

43.   They anticipate solid demand for their product given the steady rise in counterfeiting and the changing nature of this illicit business.

44.   They attribute the steady rise in availability of the drug to entrepreneurial dealers with links to Colombian cocaine suppliers who have entered the heroin market.

45.   This increase coincides with what experts cite as a steady rise in the number of bonsai enthusiasts in this country.

46.   They see the steady rise of welfare dependency, drug use, and crime rates as direct results.

47.   This was affirmed most recently last week by a University of Michigan study tracking a steady rise in illegal drug use among teenagers.

48.   This year, since March, marks the first steady rise of her return.

49.   Within a few years, anti-smoking groups were pointing to Joe Camel as well as the Marlboro Man as major culprits behind a steady rise in smoking by teen-agers.

50.   Yet amazingly, this steady rise in taxes has still been too slow to keep up with government spending.