71.  The rate of executions in Texas has increased since Bush took office, for several reasons.

72.  The problem is increasing as managed care becomes a more important source of reimbursement.

73.  The sanctions have increased since the junta blocked the arrival in Haiti earlier this year of a U.N. mission.

74.  The rate is increasing even as industrywide credit-card losses have tapered off the past several months, analysts said.

75.  The speculation has increased as Bush appears to be getting closer to winning the Florida recount.

76.  The temptations and rewards for such expert forgeries have increased as art prices have soared over the last several decades.

77.  Their hunger for the ruling is increased because they know many of the Republicans who won as advocates of term limits privately think they are a bad idea.

78.  Their liabilities from their trades with Enron were increasing while the value of Enron stock was falling.

79.  The value of the contract could increase as the wireless system is developed.

80.  Their use has increased as the threat of employment-related lawsuits has risen, lawyers for corporations say.