51.   And indeed, as the length of hospital stays has fallen in an era of managed care, many hospitals have seen their occupancy rates fall.

52.   And expectations for higher bond prices got an additional boost when the government forecast later Friday that industrial production would fall in June and remain lackluster in July.

53.   And God help us all if the U.S. Treasury falls behind in pulling wilted, limp bills out of circulation.

54.   And just hours before the Fed announced its decision Tuesday, the Conference Board, a business research group, reported that consumer confidence fell sharply in September.

55.   And key industrial commodity prices have fallen in the past month, suggesting inflation remains subdued.

56.   And construction spending fell in February, Commerce Department figures showed.

57.   And industrial production, closely-watched by the Fed, fell in May for the third consecutive month.

58.   And in the U.K., the Bank of England echoed an opinion shared by many analysts that British inflation will fall further in coming months.

59.   And Japanese factory output fell in May for the second month in a row.

60.   And juvenile crime has been falling in recent years, not rising.