81.   It is still overwhelmingly long, in the belief that genomics and other technologies will sharply increase the rate of drug discovery.

82.   Investors shrugged off the strike, bidding up CANTV stock yesterday and today on the strength of new plans to increase service rates.

83.   It was debatable how much radiation treatment would have increased the cure rate, anyway, Harkins said.

84.   It was unclear Friday whether competitive pay phone companies would increase their rates as well.

85.   Leaders of Latino and African-American groups have been warning that high rates of minority failure on the tests could drastically increase dropout rates.

86.   Lo and behold, they found two clauses that appeared, at least to some eyes, to increase tax rates rather than lower them.

87.   Lower-than-expected month-on-month retail sales and gross domestic product figures eased concern that rates will be increased to head off inflation.

88.   Market interest rates already have risen from their lows and some analysts expect the Bank of Japan to increase official rates later this year to keep inflation from accelerating.

89.   Most important, this improvement can take place without increasing telephone rates.

90.   Mick Ellingham, a spokesman for First National Bank, the third-largest bank, said the bank is considering increasing its rates.