Indeed, for every point of growth beyond 2.5 percent, the unemployment rate falls by half a point.

Any withdrawal beyond 9 percent, he said, would put the safety of Israelis in jeopardy.

Anything beyond 10 to 15 percent would compromise the desired diversity on campus, administrators said.

"I would like to see that figure go beyond 50 percent," he said.

"But even if a budget plan emerges, I don't think it would be enough to rally the market beyond 8 3/4 percent."

He is prevented from increasing the stake beyond 25 percent by foreign investment restrictions.

Beyond 100 percent, the economic issue becomes more acute.

While a high percentage of men smoke, the rate for women has not risen much beyond 10 percent.

The owners didn't bother finding out, but the union at the time did not seem prepared to go beyond 2 percent.

Politicians on both sides say the agreement will lack authority if it does not draw well beyond 60 percent of the vote.