1.   The economic environment has changed, and many countries are sliding into recession.

2.   A Latin American country slides toward chaos.

3.   But many analysts said they feared the country was sliding into an undeclared war.

4.   John Hirsch, the former U.S. ambassador to Sierra Leone, said that the country could slide back into chaos without a U.N. presence.

5.   Morgan and his colleagues stood to lose millions of dollars if the country slid into a long depression.

6.   Now, you can say that the country has been sliding downhill for half a century or you can call yourself an optimist.

7.   The decline in consumer spending might have been another sign of a country sliding into a recession.

8.   The Socialists have been in power for the last two years as the country has slid into virtual bankruptcy.

9.   There is nothing more constant in Canadian history than fear that this country might slide into some sort of American abyss.

10.   With that, the country slid back into civil war.