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183.      (27576-!-item-!-188;#058&002504) C

Despite
recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile
companies' common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect
automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set dividends more conservatively
than they were

A. to
set dividends more conservatively than they were

B. to
set dividends more conservatively than they have been

C. to be
more conservative than they have been in setting dividends

D. that
they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends

E. that
they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends.