81.   Government agencies, meanwhile, are seeing the cushions they built into fuel budgets eaten up by rising gas prices.

82.   He also said that borrowing against rising house prices was not a worrisome long-term trend.

83.   He found himself questioned by reporters about rising oil prices at several stops during a campaign swing through California and Oregon this week.

84.   He bet on rising gas prices.

85.   He was perceived as less hawkish than Al Gore about rising prescription prices.

86.   Higher U.S. rates could curb rising stock prices by making it more expensive for companies to borrow money and expand.

87.   His aides are clearly concerned that at a time of rising oil prices, any coming confrontation with Iraq could cause large price increases at the pump.

88.   History holds many tales of businessmen who begin breaking the rules in boom times, when rising stock prices literally give them a sense of invincibility.

89.   Hong Kong stocks surged to a record high as investors bet property shares are too cheap to pass up in the face of rising real estate prices.

90.   In addition to rising fuel prices, the airline faces an expensive retirement payout, Horvath said.