1.   But heads must roll if the slide into oblivion continues.

2.   But such a gesture here had little effect on currencies and stock prices elsewhere in Southeast Asia, and the regional slide continued Friday.

3.   But the European slide continued.

4.   Fleming said the Broderbund-Learning Co. deal could have been jeopardized if the accounting problem had been true and the stock slide had continued.

5.   He, like many of the more than two dozen Internet access providers based locally, doubts the price slide will continue.

6.   If the slide continues, mission managers could postpone deployment until Sunday.

7.   If the slide in stock prices continues, the dollar could fall further, traders said.

8.   If none are, their slow slide will continue.

9.   Ms. Vignola at Merrill Lynch said that the earnings slide would probably continue to the end of the year.

10.   Specialty chains such as Gap, Ann Taylor and Talbots saw their sales slide continue into December and reported negative same-store results.