The agreement would increase wages subject to the tax to $73,000 a year, effective Jan. 1, 1991.

Judy West, a spokeswoman for the local, said that over five years, the agreement would increase wages 21 percent.

An agreement with Brazil would substantially increase the banks' 1988 revenues.

According to some studies, an agreement can increase trade as much as 40% over the long term.

I think the facts found in this case do establish that the agreement to increase the price by 10 per cent.

The agreement increases the number of engine companies with five members to 64 from 60.

That agreement increased the minimum salary from $6,000 to $10,000, the first increase in two decades.

The agreement could actually increase the flow of illegal immigrants, at least temporarily.

Any agreements, the authors wrote, "will almost certainly increase the rate of logging."

Even so, the agreement will immediately increase the pressure on the administration to develop a plausible alternative strategy.