71.   All funds need to recapture actual operating costs, the sales commission for the salesmen, and the salaries of those involved in the funds.

72.   Also contributing to the good showing was a drop in operating costs.

73.   All the increases are attempts by officials at New York City cultural institutions to adjust to declining public financing and growing operating costs.

74.   Britain, Canada and the Scandinavian countries have been among the few members habitually scrupulous about paying their share of the operating costs of the United Nations.

75.   British Aerospace Plc, the U.K. builder of military and civilian aircraft, said pretax profit doubled, excluding one-time items, as the company reduced operating costs.

76.   Both operating costs and trading costs are typically much lower than those incurred by actively managed funds.

77.   Budget carriers also use secondary or tertiary airports, where lower airport taxes allow cheaper operating costs.

78.   BPA is on a crash program to cut its operating costs in the face of increasing competition in the electricity business.

79.   British Petroleum Plc said first-quarter earnings were close to its best ever, as higher oil prices and cuts in operating costs offset weaker chemical profits.

80.   Businesses are still planning to cut jobs to head off rising operating costs, according to a survey released Tuesday.