61.   Although passport applications have been hitting records steadily in the last few years, recently issued statistics show a new source of pressure.

62.   Amgen and Praecis said they had received a letter from the FDA indicating that their application was inadequate for approval of the drug.

63.   An inaccurate software application could still be useful, Nahamoo said.

64.   An application blank is one piece of data in the employment process.

65.   An application was for employment.

66.   And it was contrary to what home builders had been saying -- that traffic was down and that mortgage applications were down.

67.   And at the top schools, applications are stable or even rising.

68.   And since patent applications are secret in the United States until a patent is actually granted, no one knows that the patent application is pending.

69.   And the first commercial applications are not that far away, Furness said.

70.   And there is obvious application for the Drug Enforcement Administration, seeking to detect marijuana and coca plants.