1.   According to the audit, state officials have said such a drop could result in a loss of Lottery funding for some health and mass-transit programs.

2.   Half the drop in costs resulted from a fall in claim volume, according to the study.

3.   The company said the drop resulted from lower revenue at the banking unit, which American Express unsuccessfully tried to sell last year.

4.   This drop resulted from price-discounting that was less aggressive than at GM and Ford, said David Healy, a Burnham Securities analyst.

5.   He said the literature drops often result in phone calls to the organization.

6.   The drop resulted from poor fruit quality, which caused European importers to cancel orders.

7.   The drop has resulted from a national sales tax increase last April that has made new cars more expensive, a spokesman for the automobile association said.

8.   The drop resulted from the sale of several businesses.

9.   The latest CPI drop resulted from lower prices for fruit and vegetables, household and recreational goods, clothes and shoes, the service said.