1.   Although concern about instability in Russia ebbed today, traders said the German currency remains vulnerable because of worries about what will happen in the months ahead.

2.   As the yen declined against the mark, that also helped drag down the dollar against the German currency, traders said.

3.   As the German currency loses ground against the dollar, it will also slip against its European counterparts.

4.   Besides gaining against the German currency this year, the franc has risen against every other currency as well.

5.   A weaker German currency would help stimulate German export industries by making exports cheaper, easing the strains of unemployment, which has reached post-World War II highs.

6.   A weaker German currency would help stimulate German export industries, easing the strains of unemployment in German that have reached post-World War II highs.

7.   A weaker German currency would help stimulate the German economy by making German exports cheaper in overseas markets, increasing the demand for German-made goods.

8.   A weaker German currency would help stimulate German export industries by making exports cheaper, easing the strains of recession.

9.   A weaker German currency would push up prices of many imported goods, adding to domestic price inflation.

10.   A victory by Yeltsin, a reformer, should boost the German currency because of the close economic ties between the two countries.