41.   He slowed on the back nine after making four birdies in the first eight holes.

42.   Kjus almost kept the Whistler title for his country with a solid run until late in the course when he slowed on a wide turn.

43.   Progress has been slowed on some fronts, however, because France and Germany have leadership elections this year and politicians are wary of upsetting powerful labor unions.

44.   The pace of the operation against militants in the PLO-run Gaza Strip slowed on Thursday, with police making only a half-dozen arrests.

45.   Work slowed on single-family homes for the third month in a row.

46.   In northeastern Bosnia, fighting appeared to slow on the Ozren salient, where the Bosnian army had recently won some territory, said Roy.

47.   But the ministry said the export decrease had been slowing on increasing demand for memory chips, liquid crystal displays and petrochemicals.

48.   Fighting slowed on Friday but overnight and during Saturday the enclave was rocked by hundreds of explosions.

49.   Trading also slowed on other US markets pending news that Simpson had been acquitted of the brutal slashings.

50.   Sales of US apples also slowed on reports that traces of an antifungal agent were found on some, it said.