71. For those with jobs, high unemployment has kept a lid on wage raises and prompted them to save rather than spend. 72. French peacekeepers have been trying to keep a lid on tensions between Serbs and ethnic Albanians for several days. 73. For more than a decade, a glut of trucks in the moving industry has kept a lid on prices. 74. French troops are barely keeping the lid on violence here, in the main city of their sector of Kosovo. 75. German bonds were little changed, resisting losses in U.S. bonds, amid expectations high joblessness will keep a lid on price pressures in Germany. 76. German government bonds rose in the wake of stronger U.S. Treasuries and were also buoyed by an outlook for sluggish growth, which will keep a lid on inflation. 77. Get plenty of rest, eat well and learn how to keep the lid on stress. 78. Global competition and sluggish demand from manufacturers and consumers are keeping a lid on price increases for most goods. 79. GTE, like other phone companies, kept a lid on costs. 80. He argues that the weak world economy has kept a lid on prices and interest rates here. |