1.  Garlic, for instance, can raise low blood pressure and lower high blood pressure.

2.  The erosion of investment grade credits, though, would raise the stakes for banks.

3.  The wire service Reuter also has raised objections.

4.  Another golf course being developed in Dade County also has raised concern.

5.  A criminal case also would raise thorny church-state issues, entangling the state in areas traditionally left to church authorities.

6.  A program of grandfathered permits, on the other hand, would raise energy prices without any offsetting benefits.

7.  A string of high-level departures, meanwhile, has raised eyebrows.

8.  Brazil also has raised interest rates to provide an incentive for investors to stick with their Brazilian holdings.

9.  Bush, for example, has raised millions of dollars from the industrial, professional, and corporate interests that are regulated by the Texas state government.

10.  Clinton also would raise taxes on some capital gains.