61.   The sizzling rate of increase from January through March means the recent recession was probably one of the mildest on record.

62.   The union has not secured such annual across-the-board increases from the Big Three in two decades.

63.   They included a maximum contract length of seven years for players who sign a Bird contract, an increase from six years.

64.   This is a largest increase from one year to the next in recent years.

65.   Through the end of May this year, seven of these cities showed an increase from the same period last year.

66.   Though investors and economists were betting on another rate increase from the Fed just a few months ago, a crisis in Southeast Asia has led them to reconsider.

67.   Toronto Raptors general manager Isiah Thomas said he is negotiating with NBC while trying to get a pay increase from Toronto Raptors majority owner Allan Slaight.

68.   Twelve were from the South, the largest increase from the region since Reconstruction.

69.   Under the merger, Poe would have received substantial salary increases from L.A. Gear.

70.   With every achievement, Catacosinos won a bonus or a pay increase from a grateful board of directors.