1.   Government forecasts acknowledge the economy is unlikely to stage a recovery this year.

2.   Although Ms. Bertini saw encouraging signs of recovery this year, North Korea will not be out of danger for a long time, she and other experts say.

3.   Analysts blame the decline mostly on growing doubts about the pace of profit recovery this year.

4.   But Regeneron is only one among several biotech companies whose shares have posted strong recoveries this year.

5.   For all the talk of a recovery this year, one would think it was a foregone conclusion.

6.   Los Angeles County will see continued economic recovery this year due to job growth and a gradual improvement in the residential housing sector, two forecasters said.

7.   Soaring prices were caused by the belief that corporate profits should stage a strong recovery this year.

8.   The emergence of economically sensitive cyclical stocks is related to prospects for an economic recovery this year, analysts agree.

9.   The plans announced today exempted households from any tax increases to avoid crimping a consumption-led recovery this year.