81.   Competition among the newly equalized health-care providers would improve quality and hold down costs.

82.   Continued weak demand overseas, meanwhile, held down export growth.

83.   Coming into the game, the Sparks held down second place in the Western Conference by only a half-game over the Monarchs.

84.   Davis said he intends to take strong measures to hold down power rates.

85.   Criticism of guards, he said, is a ploy to hold down the costs of a new contract.

86.   Defense Secretary William Cohen will ask Congress to authorize the closing of more military bases to hold down spending by the armed forces, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

87.   Currently, the liquidation of livestock herds is holding down meat prices, helping to offset the increase in prices of other foods such as milk.

88.   Despite the monthly fluctuations in industrial production, manufacturers continue to compete on price, by holding down production costs and improving the efficiency of their plants and employees.

89.   Declining oil prices are helping hold down both consumer and producer prices.

90.   Dr. Uwe Reinhardt, a health care economist at Princeton University, said audits like these are an efficient way for the government to hold down fraud.