81.   Still, welfare advocates and union leaders were cheered by the recent decisions, calling them first steps toward granting welfare recipients the protections that all workers deserve.

82.   The astonishing speech offers some hope that recent extremist decisions could be softened or reversed.

83.   The company blamed the expected earnings decline on increased raw material costs and recent decisions by customers to reduce inventory.

84.   The Court has been sympathetic to state immunity claims in other recent decisions, but has declined twice to consider the Illinois dispute.

85.   The community college system warns that, given recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding affirmative action, challenges against even the curbed programs could succeed.

86.   The fight centers on recent decisions by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a specialized court in Washington that hears all patent appeals.

87.   The government has not objected to a recent decision by the U.N. Economic and Social Council to refer the case to the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

88.   The Federal Reserve is likely to break from its recent decisions and raise interest rates by the end of the year, investors and analysts say.

89.   The lawyers say a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court bolsters their case.

90.   The law cited by these suits has narrowed considerably following a number of recent decisions.