31.   So while Whirlpool and Maytag are suffering through a particularly sharp downturn, GE Appliances says it has gained market share.

32.   The botched deal was also painful to Wall Street, which has been hit by sharp downturns in the financial markets in the past two months.

33.   The bright spot, however, is a healthy economy with low interest rates and strong retail sales, which are helping offset the sharp economic downturn in Asia.

34.   The company says that because it outsources most of its business and focuses primarily on assembly, it is less susceptible to sharp downturns.

35.   The ill fortune at Lucent has also coincided with a sharp downturn in the telecommunications industry.

36.   The move also follows recent sharp downturns at British companies like Marconi.

37.   The persistent bull market lulled company executives and their advisers into omitting terms that would have let them walk away in the event of a sharp downturn.

38.   The sharp downturn in bond markets around the world and sharp recessions in emerging markets were the main culprits.

39.   The securities companies may not be much better able to withstand a sharp downturn in financial markets than that hedge fund was, the report says.

40.   This new insight shows that sharp downturns are not exceptions to the historical rule, but rather extreme instances of what occurs all the time.