41.  American business is gradually beginning to increase spending on new machines and equipment, a necessary step if a recovery is to take hold.

42.  Among the needed fixes are increased spending on mainte nance and competitive wages for workers, Buttrick said.

43.  Among them are increasing spending on intelligence, assigning security experts to traveling ships and making training against terrorism as high a priority as training for combat.

44.  Among consumer products and services that increased spending in the publications surveyed were the America Online computer service, Subaru automobiles and Tanqueray gin.

45.  And a strong economy means rising earnings for companies, which leads to higher stock prices and increased underwriting and trading activity.

46.  And as Prince Abdullah tries to ratchet up government revenue, his more profligate relations are busy increasing their spending to match.

47.  And Congress, bowing to the wine industry, actually increased funding for the Market Promotion Program, which supports overseas advertising.

48.  And President Clinton has expressed his support for increasing spending in both areas.

49.  And it is not clear that western European countries have the political will to increase their spending on NATO at a moment when their economies are not robust.

50.  And they called on the federal government to increase financing for the new drugs through the Ryan White CARE Act.