91.  Other industries paying higher prices include clothing, electronic components and equipment, and rubber and plastic.

92.  Parent profit rose thanks to cost-cutting measures and strong sales of electronic components and telecommunications equipment, Matsushita said.

93.  Parts is president and chief executive of Peter Parts Electronics Inc., Ontario, N.Y., a supplier of electronic components.

94.  Palladium in used in automotive pollution control devices and for electronic components.

95.  Possible applications range from new structural materials that are stronger and lighter-weight to electronic components for new supercomputers to drug-delivery systems.

96.  Remote controls, which enable users to manage electronic components from a distance, were created to make life easier.

97.  Ricoh is a maker of copiers, electronic office equipment, cameras and electronic components.

98.  Sales of its integrated circuits and other electronic components have risen eight quarters in a row.

99.  Sales of electronic components, batteries and other products like audio tapes and computer disks all rose on the quarter, Matsushita said.

100.  Richard Rice, a psychiatrist in Northampton, Mass., knows a lot about healing but not much about electronic components.