51.   Despite some new and conflicting economic reports, traders sent stock prices to record levels Thursday as bond prices fell slightly and the dollar seemed to steady overseas.

52.   Doubts about the progress of federal budget negotiations sent prices reeling in the bond market.

53.   Drought and heat last summer, combined with a harsh winter, affected grain and corn crops, sending prices through the roof.

54.   Falling stock prices have sent bond prices higher as bonds become more attractive to investors.

55.   Expectations of cold weather sent cattle prices higher during the previous two trading sessions.

56.   Fears that private investors will not have the appetite to buy the large number of the government bonds that remain helped send bond prices plummeting this week.

57.   Fears of a strike have sent nickel prices rising, analysts said.

58.   For more than six months, a glut in the number of hogs being raised sent hog prices plummeting to Depression-era lows.

59.   For years, the banks lent profligately, helping to send real estate prices soaring throughout the country.

60.   Forecasts for cooler weather in South America and reports of increased plantings in the U.S. also sent prices lower, traders said.