61.   Five EU nations - Italy, Britain, Spain, Portugal and Luxembourg registered slight declines in production.

62.   He concluded that if anything, there was a slight decline in heart disease and strokes following the introduction of protease inhibitors.

63.   In the consolidated balance sheets, as in the unconsolidated ones, manufacturers posted solid profit increases while non-manufacturers showed slight declines.

64.   Indiana and Vermont saw slight declines in minority homeownership rates, though the actual number of such homeowners increased.

65.   Influenced by the slight overnight decline on Wall Street, Hong Kong traders sold shares, pushing prices marginally lower.

66.   Many analysts had expected a slight decline.

67.   Market-watchers said a slight early decline triggered a round of technical selling.

68.   Meanwhile, share prices moved lower following a slight decline of Nikkei futures prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange overnight.

69.   Many analysts had expected a slight decline last week, which included the Thanksgiving Day holiday and thus fewer days in which to file claims.

70.   Most economists were predicting a slight decline in the weekly number, which has fluctuated in a narrow range for the last three months.