1.   A poor review in The New York Times and the televised climax to the O.J. Simpson trial also kept book buyers away in droves.

2.   Corporate issues are expected to remain light as a result of the heavy economic calendar that will keep buyers somewhat at bay.

3.   Disappointing earnings forecasts by corporate chief executives, ongoing Middle East tension and accounting probes are keeping prospective buyers on the sidelines.

4.   Expectations of another increase in interest rates in two weeks is also keeping keeping buyers at bay, Ryan said.

5.   In a bank-eat-bank world, the merger was designed to keep future buyers at bay.

6.   Korean officials and car manufacturers say the market is open, but a weakened Korean economy has kept buyers away.

7.   Norwich Union has been hit by the industry-wide decline in new business as low consumer confidence keeps buyers at bay.

8.   That rate is the psychological barrier that will keep many buyers out of the home market.

9.   The prospect of a stronger-than-anticipated monthly employment report Friday that could forecast higher interest rates sometime soon was enough to keep buyers at bay.

10.   Those reforms would include reductions in land transaction and capital gains taxes that keep many buyers from purchasing property, analysts said.