21.  Central banks will have to lower interest rates, and major countries may have to cut taxes or raise spending to provide fiscal stimulus.

22.  Clinton says the entire surplus should not be used to cut taxes or raise spending until Congress reforms Social Security.

23.  Christopher Edley, associate director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, boasted that Clinton has dramatically raised spending on efforts to beef up border defenses.

24.  Connecticut, which perennially ranks at the top of the national salary scale for teachers, raised teaching standards along with pay, Murphy said.

25.  Consumer groups are concerned that the merger will raise banking fees to new highs.

26.  Despite its size, Continental has been pressured to raise financing.

27.  Flags had been raised representing the nationalities of those aboard the plane.

28.  For Dennis, raised speaking Hopi to his grandmother, translating the tapes revealed a rich, more complex language than he remembered.

29.  General Dynamics represents the greatest threat to Northrop because it could easily raise financing to make a competitive offer.

30.  Gore, they said, has raised vetting to new levels of thoroughness and inclusiveness.