1.   Neither Giuliani nor Safir would speculate about how long the crime drop would continue or how low the statistics may go.

2.   The air drops will continue this week, and perhaps longer, Natsios said.

3.   They expect the drop to continue as industries develop and market substitutes for CFCs.

4.   Another official said the air drops probably would continue for several days.

5.   However, air drops continued and the food distribution will go on, she said.

6.   Isaac began losing power Sunday and that drop continued into Monday, according to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

7.   Stere Farmache, general manager of the exchange, said the drop continued a trend that began in June and has been exacerbated by nervousness over the Russian crisis.

8.   The drop continued a slide in technology companies that began after Labor Day, when it first appeared that the volatile sector would perform poorly in a slowing economy.

9.   The drop continued a trend that long had Russian officials worried.

10.   The drop continued last year, he found.