1.   Another unusual aspect of the current downturn has been the swiftness with which large numbers of college graduates have lost their jobs.

2.   As a result, he said he expected the current ranching downturn to prompt more ranches to turn to tourism.

3.   According to Chuck Hill, research director of First Call in Boston, the current downturn is shaping up to be one of the worst ever for profits.

4.   AirTran, a discount airline based in Orlando and operating an Atlanta hub, is somewhat insulated from the current economic downturn hurting major airlines.

5.   Allen Sinai, CEO and chief global economist at Decision Economics Inc., said the current downturn is unlike all previous recessions since World War II.

6.   Both Condit and Chief Financial Officer Mike Sears said the emphasis that the commercial division placed onstreamlining production and improving efficiency are paying off during the current downturn.

7.   Burnout has been a constant ever since work was invented, but job specialists say the problem has become particularly acute during the current economic downturn.

8.   But housing analysts are starting to ask whether the home-ownership boom can survive the current downturn.

9.   But that effort is likely to make the current economic downturn more severe, increasing unemployment and dampening consumer demand, economists say.

10.   Corrigan said too much factory capacity in Asia has contributed to the oversupply of chips that is a major cause of the current downturn.