21.  A surge on Friday failed to recover ground lost earlier in the week when a rise in U.S. rates raised concerns domestic rates would also increase.

22.  A third Markey amendment, which would have limited cable rate increases, did not pass.

23.  AlMOST nobody questions that a large rate increase, perhaps a percentage point or more, would still hurt the industry.

24.  But Advanta found that too many of its customers simply moved their balances to other cards as soon as the rate increased.

25.  But an increased crater rate also increases the stress on species to be able to survive catastrophe.

26.  But as downtown property values continue to rise, Patel said, it is likely that these rates will increase.

27.  But the latest statistics from the National Cancer Institute show that breast-cancer rates are increasing faster among Hispanic women than in other groups.

28.  CABLE CUSTOMERS SPARED RATE RISE Cable customers should avoid what appeared to be virtually certain rate increases.

29.  By this year, the rate had increased fivefold.

30.  Children have become the primary focus of many anti-tobacco efforts because statistics show they are the only age group in which smoking rates are increasing.