51.  Taylor said one consequence of the greater degree of concentration was that so far this year, 18 venture capital funds had raised $1 billion or more.

52.  That gives both sides a greater degree of confidence."

53.  That may be true _ but to no greater a degree than Bill Clinton's speeches to American Legion conventions differ from what he says at U.N. sessions.

54.  That approach has brought with it a greater degree of accessibility.

55.  The amount of financing declined by an even greater degree, to $232 million from $390 million, according to Venture One.

56.  The Court rejects the suggestion that s27A(b) might be constitutional if it exhibited prospectivity or a greater degree of general applicability.

57.  The emergence of the state, with its monopoly on violence and the growing interdependence of its members, necessitated greater degrees of individual self-control, Elias suggested.

58.  The Informix Corp. said on Monday that a continuing audit had shown that it must restate 1996 and 1995 financial results to a greater degree than previously reported.

59.  The initial struggle with 6 . . . Qe7 7 Qe2 centers on the question: Which of the queens suffers from a greater degree of displacement.

60.  The New Progressivism believes that national unity is compatible with a far greater degree of cultural diversity."