1.   An upward economic spiral must be created to draw up all workers to higher levels of training and productivity.

2.   Are male-female roles changing or are women being mired in a downward economic spiral?

3.   China is considering devaluing its currency, in a move that could trigger a whole new downward economic spiral in Asia that would surely hurt the U.S. economy.

4.   PRI Automation Inc. of Billerica, which makes semiconductor test equipment, got caught in the Asia economic spiral.

5.   The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently cautioned that Japan was increasingly at risk of slipping into a falling economic spiral.

6.   He has to demonstrate that he has in store the rare quality and compassion to pull the country out of its economic downward spiral.

7.   Relations between the government and labor unions have been icy in recent months as Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia struggles to pull itself out of a downward economic spiral.

8.   Shortly after that, President Leonid Kuchma is to outline to deputies his plan of action for pulling the country out of its downward economic spiral.