1.   But that was before the stock market began its long descent into bear territory.

2.   But the recovery of the technology sector, whose plunge led the stock market into bear territory, still lags that of many old economy stocks.

3.   Despondent investors intensified their selloff of blue chip stocks, accelerating the decline in the Dow Jones industrial average and narrowly avoiding bear market territory.

4.   It is only now that the indexes have touched bear market territory as well.

5.   Last week, the broad market joined the technology sector in bear market territory.

6.   Only time will tell, of course, if the market will move into bear market territory or contain its drop to a mere downdraft.

7.   Only time will tell, of course, whether the market will move into bear market territory.

8.   That is bear market territory.

9.   The change in attitude has followed the descent of most major stock-market indexes into bear territory.

10.   But a late rally lured it out of bear territory.