51.   In March, European beef sales plummeted after Britain acknowledged a possible link between BSE and an equally deadly human brain disease.

52.   Late last year, Australian beef sales plummeted temporarily when pesticide residue from cotton trash used as feed was found in some beef destined for the U.S. market.

53.   Mad cow disease has become a huge concern in Europe, where beef sales have plummeted.

54.   Meat sales likewise plummeted.

55.   Meat sales plummeted.

56.   Nonetheless, as fears of the bird flu spread, poultry sales have plummeted.

57.   Sales plummeted after the attacks and many designers admitted it was hard to focus on clothes at such a difficult time.

58.   Since the country has been facing liquidity crunch last year, car sales have plummeted due to weak consumer purchasing power.

59.   The company immediately recalled the juice, but sales plummeted.

60.   The industry complains that record sales are plummeting and profit margins are thin, largely because of the illegal swapping of music files over the Internet.