41.   They found that crime dropped sharply in nearly every precinct.

42.   While crime has dropped substantially in Hartford during the last year, prostitutes could still be seen on a street corner a block away Monday night.

43.   While crime is dropping, prosecutions are rising.

44.   Word of the killings stunned residents in the pleasant neighborhood of working families, where crime has dropped precipitously in recent years and remains at low levels.

45.   After the truce, gang crime dropped temporarily in some neighborhoods.

46.   For the fourth consecutive year crime has dropped in the United States, but experts remain cautious and point to the continuing rise in juvenile crime.

47.   General Arkady Baskayev said the massive deployment was justified since in other towns where comparable measures had been implemented crime had dropped by almost a quarter last year.

48.   But, he said, random street crime was dropping.

49.   Shortly thereafter, crimes against foreigners dropped, but some observers said events this week show that the measures taken by the ministry had been overcome by the criminals.