61.   Persistent poverty reflects the fact that economic gains have largely passed those at the bottom and that an influx of poor immigrants has hit some large cities.

62.   Partly, that misunderstanding is a function of ignorance, but it also reflects the fact that most recent investors have never experienced a bear market.

63.   Perhaps the lack of interest reflected the fact that it may have been the sort of message that makes media and political leaders uncomfortable.

64.   Reflecting that fact, demand rose and imports fell for the third straight week each, the API said.

65.   Reflecting that fact, Merrill Lynch warned clients early last week that rising oil prices were the biggest risk to a robust recovery.

66.   Samuels said the higher prices reflect the fact that front loaders are more expensive to build.

67.   She said the survey reflected the fact that many companies not in high-technology areas have realized they have the greatest need for highly skilled information technology employees.

68.   That constant turnover reflected the fact that the crisis atmosphere made the job of director of central intelligence unappealing, and nearly untenable.

69.   That has a lot to do with the Internet but it also reflects the fact that many of these executives already run in international circles.

70.   Such equations, though, often do not reflect the fact that industries have a way of adapting quickly when there is a financial incentive to do so.