1.  A compromise bill will likely trim the growth in payments to doctors, hospitals and other health care providers.

2.  A downturn in one part of the world has always been partly offset by growth elsewhere.

3.  A dramatically lower savings rate, low growth rates in investment and labor productivity, and stagnating wages are a direct result.

4.  A few cycles of high intensity exercise are needed to trigger the growth of bone.

5.  A final trend has been the attempt to contain the growth in welfare and social security spending.

6.  A flow of products is more important for growth in profits.

7.  A further category of urban development was the growth of trading and financial centres.

8.  A high ratio invariably means future output growth and, hopefully, improved external debt servicing capacity through increased exports.