But its executive director, Richard M. Kessel, said he was concerned about what he called "a pretty dramatic increase" in the price of milk.

And already there has been what he called "a substantial increase" in the children's attendance figures on Broadway because those shows are geared toward families and kids.

This is called an increase in plasma osmolality, and it is detected by a part of our brain called the hypothalamus.

"I've been resistant to calling it an increase, but I think there's no avoiding the fact there is an increase," he said.

"But if his sugars were high, wouldn't an increase be called for?"

Payroll employment would have fallen even further had it not been for what analysts called an artificial increase of 85,000 in retail jobs.

Mr. Hoge cited as progress what he called an increase to a circulation of 580,000.

Spending on inmate food has risen by about 30 percent, which Mr. Spano called an unacceptable increase.

Checkpoints were imposed after what an Israeli spokeswoman called a sharp increase in attacks in Gaza.

Plans called for industrial output to grow 15.8%, an average increase of about 3% yearly, while personal consumption was to grow by only 11.9%.