41.   Manufacturing production is dropping, particularly for cars, and consumer spending that has been the engine of rapid growth is leveling off.

42.   Production has dropped while prices keep rising.

43.   Production dropped sharply last year because of a severe drought.

44.   Production dropped in North America and South Africa, but rose in developing countries, especially Latin America.

45.   Since then, production has dropped off gradually for a variety of reasons, including a reduction in U.S. consumption.

46.   Steel production also dropped in May because of goods stockpiled the previous month.

47.   Washington admits opium production has dropped in Myanmar.

48.   When production of an oilfield drops because of reduced pressure, or low volume in wells, engineers pump another substance to boost the pressure.

49.   Elsewhere, the Egyptian government said production should drop by a quarter this year after a reduction in the area planted.

50.   The surging December increase caught most experts off guard as it came at a time when the production of utilities dropped because of uncustomary mild weather.