51.   Dwindling supplies forced officials in many regions to reserve gas stations for the use of emergency and police vehicles.

52.   Elsewhere on the New York Merc, concern over dwindling supplies sent crude oil up again.

53.   Energy companies generally benefited from increased revenue because of dwindling supplies, continued utility deregulation and a continued effort by OPEC to keep oil prices higher.

54.   Four years of BioPort factory violations had left the Pentagon with dwindling supplies and forced it to limit vaccine shots to certain troops on special missions.

55.   Greenspan has expressed growing worries that the dwindling supply of available workers will eventually force employers to raise product prices to cover their higher wage costs.

56.   He said all but a small percentage were offering only cold showers and all would feel the full brunt later this week of dwindling supplies, such as bread.

57.   In doing so, Bush administration officials noted that Oregon and Washington suffered reduced energy reserves and higher prices because dwindling supplies were funneled to California.

58.   In doing so, Bush administration officials noted that Oregon and Washington state suffered reduced energy reserves and higher prices because dwindling supplies were funneled to California.

59.   It put new, unannounced restrictions into effect in April out of concern for dwindling domestic supplies.

60.   Ivory carvers in Asia may be supplementing their dwindling supplies of legal tusks with smuggled imports, the World Wide Fund for Nature said Monday.