61.   But mainstream investors still appear to love mutual fund investing, if at a slower pace.

62.   But Roscoe and other industry insiders say new cigarette stores are opening at a slower pace this year, amid the uncertainty about tobacco regulation.

63.   But such ambitions take cash, which the Clinton, Miss.-based company has been generating at a slower pace than before.

64.   But the rise in orders for durable goods was at a somewhat slower pace than the gains in November and December.

65.   Cisco, whose fortunes rose and fell mercurially with the Internet bubble, is acquiring companies at a markedly slower pace.

66.   Clinton, for example, last week predicted that the US economy would continue to expand, although at a slower pace.

67.   Companies around the world combined at a slower pace in the third quarter, as falling stock prices made acquisitions more expensive.

68.   Confirming the slowdown in U.S. growth last fall, a separate Federal Reserve report today showed U.S. consumer borrowing rose at a slower pace in December.

69.   Clinton, in fact, would go ahead with missile defense system research but at a far slower pace and lesser cost than the budget-busting GOP idea.

70.   Consumer credit likely increased in November at a slower pace than during October, analysts said.