1.   Unemployment has reached post-war records, and government schemes for the unemployed have replaced each other at a very fast pace.

2.   Rainfall in October could reach record levels -- more rain has fallen in the first two weeks than usually falls in the entire month.

3.   Applications are reaching records.

4.   As the number of Americans who own stock has reached record levels, capital gains have grown as a share of all income, but dividends have not.

5.   As stocks reached records in recent weeks, investors have increasingly questioned whether prices have outpaced earnings growth.

6.   As the Clinton Administration steps up its war on terrorism, U.S. government snooping has reached a record high.

7.   According to the venerable Dow Theory, the Dow transports must reach a record to confirm the move in the other average.

8.   After reaching records in May, stocks will rise or fall depending on some important economic indicators released in the days ahead.

9.   All reached records.

10.   Already government bond issuance is set to reach a record high next year.