31.   While the U.S. launched more missiles against Iraq late yesterday and today, the dollar and oil prices slid back, and the yen rebounded.

32.   While office rentals may hit records next year, there may already be signs that housing prices are sliding.

33.   Prices have been sliding for eight straight days due to an increase in U.S. inventories, falling demand and the resumption of Iraqi exports.

34.   After a poor showing on Wednesday, soybean prices slid further Thursday due to a combination of reasons.

35.   And consumer prices have slid the past seven months in the spooky phenomenon known as deflation.

36.   But he warned that the trend of a shrinking deficit may gradually reverse if commodity prices slide.

37.   But if prices slide, more oil would need to be pumped to hit the figure.

38.   But this blind faith proved to be misplaced in the case of Guest Keen Williams and Metal Box, whose share price slid below the par value.

39.   Corn prices slid lower on the glum export outlook.

40.   Corn prices slid on concerns about the spread of mad cow disease and foot-and-mouth disease, which could hurt world demand for animal feed grain.