41.   Telecommunications companies also fell on a report in the Nihon Keizai of a slow down in mobile phone sales.

42.   That has prompted some to call for a slow down.

43.   The Asian crisis helps prevent the Swedish economy from overheating as exports to Asia slow down and the cost of products from countries with devalued currencies falls.

44.   The custodians of Wimbledon, anxious to slow down the game ever so much, used slightly softer balls this year.

45.   The shopping is good, and so is the people-watching, should shoppers slow down long enough to soak in the scene around them.

46.   They robbed people, booby-trapped their drug houses to slow down police and forced resi dents to keep out of certain areas, police say.

47.   Truck stocks have weakened recently amid concerns of a slow down in heavy-duty and medium truck orders.

48.   Tulane coach Shawn Finney said his team could find no way to slow down Blount.

49.   U.K. gilts rose after a survey pointing toward a slow down in manufacturing fostered hopes that interest rates will fall.

50.   Unfortunately, few people see the statue except from a speeding automobile, and few drivers slow down enough to glance at it.