61.   The pact is credited with slowing the spread of nuclear weapons.

62.   This could also slow the spread of the disease, because when virus levels are low, people are much less likely to pass on HIV.

63.   Those findings have encouraged the belief that the wide use of AIDS drug combinations, which make virus levels fall dramatically, will slow the spread of the disease.

64.   Washington has long urged Tokyo to take steps to lower fixed-telecommunications rates, which have been blamed for slowing the spread of Internet use in Japan.

65.   Microsoft said it is working with anti-virus software companies, including Symantec Corp and McAfee Associates, to slow the spread of the virus.

66.   The discovery may help find a way to stop infection or slow the spread of the virus, the magazine said.