1.   In regular group confessionals, the worst performers on any measure have to explain themselves to their peers.

2.   Shares of chip and chip-equipment makers were among the worst performers of the session.

3.   Among the worst performers in the technology sector was Iomega.

4.   Among the worst performers today were shares of drug, health, beverage and tobacco companies.

5.   Among the worst performers were several foreign companies, including Crayfish, a Morgan Stanley underwriting that was supposed to dominate the Japanese e-mail market.

6.   Among American funds, some of the biggest winners when the market was soaring ranked among the worst performers when the bull ran into trouble.

7.   And Texaco was the worst performer of the oil stocks in the index.

8.   At most of the funds, the pace of share redemptions has been modest and money continues to flow into the worst performer of the bunch.

9.   At the same time, the stock have been among the worst performers during the last month.

10.   Banks, the worst performers yesterday along with computer-related stocks, rebounded.