61.   Much of the downward trend came late Monday but did not affect many stocks.

62.   Networks view a downward trend in the ratings with the sort of sweaty-browed dread reserved for a plague of addled critics or a complaint from the NAACP.

63.   Now, though, rather than bucking the downward trend of a beleaguered industry, Vodafone shares have sunk with the rest.

64.   Officials, however, said the attacks might contribute to a downward trend in house sales.

65.   Or has the labor dispute simply magnified a downward trend in scoring that has been apparent in the NBA for the past decade?

66.   Separately, a slowdown in the recent increase in interest rates may have helped stocks break the downward trend of the last week.

67.   So far, no one has come up with a sure way to reverse the downward trend in morality.

68.   Some brand-name consumer stocks bucked the downward trend, with analysts citing their ability to export successfully even if the U.S. economy weakened.

69.   Stocks bucking the downward trend included Lam Research Corp.

70.   Telebras subsidiary Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA bucked the downward trend in phone company shares.