71.   Despite the drop in its stock price, however, Qwest is too indebted to attract a suitor in the current economic climate, he said.

72.   Experts say expansion is hindered by high production costs and a sluggish economic climate, which makes it difficult to sell tickets or raise money.

73.   Even as the broader economic climate begins to improve, the carnage in telecom continues.

74.   Favorable interest rates and economic climate also helped.

75.   Gov. John Engler of Michigan said his state had just approved a major package to improve its infrastructure, which never would have happened in a weaker economic climate.

76.   Given the current economic climate, that scenario seems unlikely.

77.   He also predicted that the plan would have difficulty raising private money in an economic climate that has every cultural organization steeling itself for tough times.

78.   He blamed a weak economic climate.

79.   His traditional forecasting methods would have resulted in higher sales, he said, but the economic climate is too shaky.

80.   In sending the graduating students into the world, Broaddus said the current economic climate should benefit them.