51.   Nor has there been any proof of Republican charges that the INS has lowered its standards or relaxed its checking process.

52.   Not only should you say no, you should lower your standards and ask for help, especially from other family members.

53.   One way is to lower your standards.

54.   Other educators say the test would lower standards in high schools.

55.   Other lenders lowered their standards, too.

56.   Others are aware that standards are lowered for athletes and say such treatment encourages laziness.

57.   Part of the new opposition to remedies such as lowering the standards across the board is that some non-whites gain and others lose.

58.   Raising expectations for all students is better than lowering standards for a few.

59.   Rather than ease the crisis, lowering standards and resorting to accounting gimmicks exacerbated it by opening the door to widespread abuses.

60.   Rawls said the process is working, and that as part of the settlement, USDA lowered the standard of evidence so that more farmers would get compensation.