11.   But the situation apparently became acute last fall, when Mac sales suddenly plummeted.

12.   Cadillac sales plummeted.

13.   Comics sales are plummeting and rival forms of entertainment, including computer games and the Internet, are drawing away potential readers.

14.   Critics argue the manufacturers do not want smokers to know some of the additives in the smoke they inhale because sales would plummet.

15.   Eventually, however, wholesalers may stop buying to reduce their inventories, causing sales to plummet.

16.   Expecting that sales would plummet, managers fired workers and throttled back production lines.

17.   French businesses ranging from manufacturers to yacht brokers saw their sales plummet as a strike by public transport workers moved into its third week.

18.   German car sales have plummeted in the past year, mainly in the area of mid-priced and low-priced vehicles.

19.   Gun dealers argue that estimate is worthless because it ignores how much sales will plummet when Traders marks up the price tags on handguns.

20.   In addition, sales plummeted for some older products as the sales force focused on rapidly growing new ones like WebSphere.