1.   And progress slowed on other issues, including mandatory overtime and the shifting of some work to other locations in response to the merger that created the company.

2.   But in the past two months the economy seems to have slowed on its own.

3.   But McCarthy expects the economy to slow on its own.

4.   Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday the U.S. economy is likely to slow on its own.

5.   Finally, there are a number of economists who are not worried because they were already convinced the economy was slowing on its own.

6.   Greenspan, speaking in front of Congress, said the U.S. economy likely will slow on its own to a sustainable rate of growth in the months ahead.

7.   He credited Brown with devising a great game plan to slow him on offense and free up Iverson at the other end.

8.   He suggested that the Fed is again concerned that stronger-than-expected growth could rekindle inflation if the economy did not slow on its own.

9.   Indeed, more evidence emerged that the economy was slowing on its own.

10.   Internet retailers are drawing more shoppers this year, but year-to-year growth is slowing on the Web as well.