11.   With the French real-estate market at a postwar low, the allure of property loans may not seem immediately obvious.

12.   Kohl pushed his plan to slash corporate and personal income taxes to postwar lows as a means of boosting investment and creating jobs at a time of record unemployment.

13.   On the first day of trading following the devaluations the peseta, franc and lira all slumped to postwar lows against the German currency.

14.   The Clinton administration intervened on foreign currency markets to buy dollars Monday as the U.S. currency hit another postwar low against the Japanese yen.

15.   The British pound looked vulnerable and the French franc slid to postwar lows against the German currency early Tuesday before rebounding slightly.

16.   The French franc and Italian lira continued to slide to postwar lows against the German currency.

17.   The French franc slid to postwar lows against the German currency and the Italian lira reached an all-time low.

18.   The French franc slid to postwar lows against the German currency and the Italian lire escudo reached an all-time low.

19.   The coordinated intervention began after the dollar sank to a postwar low against the Japanese yen during trading in Tokyo.

20.   The dollar last April hit new postwar record lows against the yen and the German mark.