31.   Retail sales have plummeted all the quiet new hotels and restaurants give the whole city a feeling of having been left in the lurch.

32.   Safwat Ezzat says sales have plummeted at his hot dog stand two blocks from the White House.

33.   Season ticket sales plummet.

34.   Single-copy sales are plummeting.

35.   Still, overall sales have plummeted.

36.   The airplane industry is recovering from a four-year slump, during which airliner sales plummeted.

37.   Top clubs were closing, record sales plummeted and jazz radio stations changed formats with the speed of a Charlie Parker sax solo.

38.   Unemployment is climbing, and retail sales are plummeting across the Southern Cone, but there are jobs for virtually everyone in Chuy.

39.   Yet home, automobile and electronics sales plummeted more than expected, and spending remains weak.