41.   Slowing economic growth in Asia may cut half a percentage point off U.S. growth next year, keeping a lid on inflation, investors and analysts said.

42.   Swine fever took a half a percentage point off third-quarter growth, according to the statistics agency.

43.   Takiyah Jackson, a Franklin High graduate, supplied seven points off the bench for the Bruins.

44.   That alone knocked more than half a percentage point off the official inflation rate.

45.   That alone would subtract as much as a full tenth of a percentage point off the CPI.

46.   That change, which reflects a shift in accounting practices rather than any real change in household behavior, sliced two percentage points off the published saving rate.

47.   The Americans might have got a point off Portugal last night and that changes everything.

48.   The government has said it will shave another tenth of a percentage point off the deficit next year to reach the target.

49.   The Gore campaign accused the Bush campaign Monday of trying to score political points off a crisis.

50.   The Knicks are not a running team that gets easy points off their fast break.