1.   Studies to date have produced conflicting evidence concerning changes in acid secretion after eradication of H pylori and lowering of the serum gastrin concentration.

2.   By the eighteenth century salutes were normally given merely by the firing of guns, not by the more humiliating lowering of the flag or striking of sails.

3.   Anyway, there has been much raising and lowering of bars since the Clinton scandal broke and it must stop.

4.   But the push toward youth-oriented programs with a sexual edge, along with a general coarsening of taste and lowering of standards, continues.

5.   Chicago corn and soybean futures prices were mostly lower ahead of a government crop report scheduled for release today.

6.   In the evening, he blows lowering of the flag, tattoo and taps.

7.   Lowering of trade tariffs and barriers in the NAFTA agreement has increased cross-border commerce in all three North American countries.

8.   Officials said the rise reflects the opening of Korean markets and lowering of non-tariff barriers since it joined the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development last December.

9.   Still, he added, bond yields cannot go significantly lower ahead of the meeting, as long as most market participants remain cautious.

10.   That included raising import duties on sponge iron to make domestic producers more competitive against imports and lowering of a basic tax on some public works related industries.