1.   Stock and bond Markets, already weak, fell further after the pessimistic comments were carried on news wires.

2.   Bond prices sank on pessimistic comments about the possibility of a budget-balancing agreement from House Speaker Newt Gingrich and the Senate majority leader, Bob Dole.

3.   A similar pessimistic comment at an earlier appearance in Casper, Wyo., helped send the stock market plummeting.

4.   However, President Soeharto seems to have given little heed to pessimistic comments.

5.   However, President Suharto seems to have given little heed to pessimistic comments.

6.   The pessimistic comments came after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held talks with Syrian President Hafez Assad at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik.

7.   Blue-chip stocks on Wall Street plunged at the opening bell amid a growing chorus of pessimistic comments from analysts.

8.   The dollar fell Wednesday against the major currencies in the wake of pessimistic comments by House Speaker Newt Gingrich about the chances of a budget agreement.