61.   Personal savings are at the lowest level since the middle of the Depression.

62.   Republicans said the tax burden on citizens, measured as a percentage of total economic activity, was at its highest level since World War II.

63.   Retailers reported that sales met or exceeded expectations, boosting the index to its highest level since mid-May.

64.   Relations between the church and state have improved to perhaps their highest level since the revolution.

65.   Sales of new homes rose to their highest level since February suggesting the economy is growing fast enough to spur inflation.

66.   Shares of oil companies gained as the price of crude oil came near the highest level since the Persian Gulf War.

67.   Shares of oil companies soared this week as crude oil prices soared to their highest levels since the Persian Gulf War.

68.   Shares of First Union and SunTrust rallied as bond yields fell to their lowest level since August.

69.   Shares of oil and oilfield service companies rose today as crude oil prices soared to their highest level since the Persian Gulf War.

70.   Short-term rates are now at the lowest level since the Kennedy White House.