41.   And layoffs seem justified because economic growth has slowed to a crawl, profits have plunged and stock prices have been falling.

42.   And the flood of initial public offerings by biotech firms that roared last year has slowed to a trickle.

43.   And some features of HyperCard, which the company is no longer updating, reportedly slow to glacial speeds.

44.   And then, one day, the movie offers slowed to a halt.

45.   And the flow of money out of emerging-markets funds has slowed to a trickle.

46.   Annual growth slowed to about one percent and real estate prices collapsed.

47.   Another way she gets the area in good shape is by using squeezes that range from fast and slow to long and short.

48.   April consumer price inflation slowed to its lowest annual rate since December.

49.   As a result, growth in many European countries, with the exception of Italy, has slowed to a crawl.

50.   As a result, its responses to real customers slows to a crawl or ceases altogether.