71.   David Marshall, the president and chief executive of DQE, said that by combining, the two utilities would be able to reduce rates faster.

72.   Despite studies that show that clean needles reduce the rate of HIV infection, the administration cannot stomach being painted by the Republicans as condoning illegal drug use.

73.   Districts that have relatively lower tax rates also would have to reduce their rates, though not by a dollar-for-dollar amount, Bivins said.

74.   Each approach can claim successes, and the world has made great progress in reducing the rate of growth in recent decades.

75.   Efforts to reduce these rates by transferring fewer embryos can lead to a lower pregnancy rate, making patients and clinic directors alike unhappy.

76.   EU leaders agreed to submit reports by September on how they intend to reduce jobless rates to the commission.

77.   EU leaders agreed to submit reports on how they intend to reduce jobless rates to the commission by September.

78.   Even so, traders and investors are still betting the Fed will reduce rates.

79.   Fed officials, who reduce rates when the risk of recession appears greater than the risk of accelerating inflation, took no action at a meeting last week.

80.   For its part, the PRI opposes eliminating the sales tax on electricity or cooking gas in favor of reducing the rates on these services.