1.   Analysts say the steep price Markdowns that retailers took all month will exact a heavy toll on profits.

2.   Phil Gramm ignored the warning and paid a steep price.

3.   Professional publishing packages are available at fairly steep prices.

4.   The ban on local sale of newsprint to Nasa Borba makes it necessary to import it from abroad at steep prices.

5.   Those who do make it pay the steep price of assimilation.

6.   Consumers are rebelling at steep price increases.

7.   Analysts have said that much of the steep price appreciation in technology issues in the last few months has been the result of momentum investing.

8.   An unknown carrier must make a compelling case, perhaps by steep discounted prices.

9.   And elsewhere, environmental reviews sometimes have exacted a steep price in time and resources, diverting federal personnel from other work while dead timber deteriorates.

10.   And trucking companies are so unhappy that they are discussing steep price increases or even parking some of their trucks for a while.