61.   Efforts to control health care costs will lead to increased use of nonprescription medicines, the company added.

62.   Ellison said Oracle also expects to make money from the increased use of its database systems in corporate and public networks.

63.   Energy conservation, increased use of other fuels and a decline in the presence of energy-intensive industries have led to reduced oil consumption.

64.   Environmentalists have called for increased use of hybrid engines that rely partly on electricity and partly on gasoline or methanol.

65.   Experts cite several factors, including a smaller number of women in prime childbearing years, increased use of birth control, and campaigns against teen-age pregnancy.

66.   Environmentalists have protested the increased use of diesel generators because of pollution.

67.   For example, the government advocates increased use of clean fuels like natural gas, low-sulfur diesel fuels and reformulated gasoline.

68.   Fueling that growth is the increased use of consultants, what many executives bluntly describe as expensive but convenient scapegoats.

69.   Gains in productivity, stemming from investment in new factories and increased use of computers, have provided a buffer against rising labor costs.

70.   He and his staff had expressed concerns about the reformulated gasoline program, including lawsuits and water pollution problems resulting from the increased use of reformulated gasoline nationwide.