51.   A lower tax rate and other favorable items weakened the force of the positive surprise.

52.   A lower tax rate on capital gains.

53.   A lower tax on a broader base would be more efficient, though also less progressive.

54.   A lower tax rate also helped profit.

55.   A lower tax rates also helped profit.

56.   A survey shows more than one-third of Americans favor putting ads on the dollar bill to help cut the deficit or lower taxes.

57.   About all that Republican presidential challenger Bob Dole could do was to vow that he could turn in an even better performance and with lower taxes.

58.   Already, he said, there are signs of lower tax revenues for April and May.

59.   All of that means less economic activity, lower tax revenues, less money in the city and state treasuries.

60.   Bringing unemployment down calls for more reasonable wage scales, plus lower taxes and the reduction of labor costs excluding wages, Tietmeyer said.