11.   The drops followed the formal announcement that Yamaichi Securities Co., the fourth largest brokerage in Japan, had collapsed.

12.   The drop followed a Wall Street Journal report on allegations that the company inflated revenue with improper accounting methods.

13.   The drop followed newspaper reports that China plans new military exercises near Taiwan next month.

14.   The drop in bonds followed four consecutive days of record closing levels.

15.   The second drop followed the lifting of restrictions on the buying and selling of dollars.

16.   The stock drop follows sales by insiders at the Emeryville, California-based company.

17.   However, the overall drop in November followed four consecutive gains.

18.   The drop followed a two-week period in which the average prices had remained steady after rising slightly in January.

19.   The drop followed a nosedive in prices overseas as investors simply had no reason to buy.

20.   The drop followed announcements by major industrialized nations that they would tap their strategic reserves to fill any shortages caused by a halt in Iraqi exports.