41.  As measured by the Standard & Poor's index of 500 stocks and the Nasdaq composite index, stocks raced to record levels.

42.  Exports have helped send prices to record levels and reserves to their lowest point since 1948.

43.  Exports of U.S. services, meanwhile, rose to a record level, led by the travel and leisure industries.

44.  Exports reached record levels, with sales abroad totaling $2.4 billion, up 6 percent from May 1995's 2.27 billion.

45.  Exports, which have been running at record levels, are providing a source of growth for manufacturers.

46.  Factory output is at record levels.

47.  For example, the car business is notoriously cyclical and consumers are already loaded with record levels of debt.

48.  For the most part, the outlook for manufacturing is positive, with exports running at record levels, and the domestic economy continuing to expand.

49.  Foreign demand for U.S. government bonds, meantime, surged to a record level.

50.  Foreclosure activity in California reached record levels during the first quarter with the rate especially high in Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange counties.