11.   In an effort to stem the slide, Brooks has dabbled with cross-handed putting and experimented with a dozen drivers.

12.   Interest rates could be raised to stem the slide of the currency, and there could be a move to block the Royal Bank-Bank of Montreal merger.

13.   Officials scrambled to stem the slide, discussing new cuts in the widening budget deficit and assuring investors the government had the money to pay its debts.

14.   Prices of Treasury securities edged up, as oil prices stemmed their slide.

15.   Similar comments yesterday by Sakakibara and Japanese Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka helped stem a slide in the dollar against the yen.

16.   The dollar recouped some losses amid talk that European central bankers were buying the U.S. currency to stem its slide against the mark.

17.   The dollar recouped some losses amid talk that central bankers in Europe were buying the U.S. currency to stem its slide against the mark.

18.   The dollar was steady against the yen, supported by expectations the Bank of Japan will buy dollars for yen to stem its slide.

19.   The fall has alarmed some central bank officials, who are pressuring the administration to act to stem the slide.

20.   The government has imposed trading curbs to stem the slide.