1.   And even this assumes that America merely suffers a sharp slowdown.

2.   And the market for initial public offerings, many of them technology issues, is showing signs of cranking up again after a sharp slowdown this spring.

3.   As for retail sales, he said they were just a rebound from a sharp slowdown in July and August.

4.   Barbera said this indicated that many investors thought that the U.S. economy was headed to a sharp slowdown without a Fed interest rate cut.

5.   Bond prices were bolstered in morning trading by a report showing a sharp slowdown in third-quarter gross domestic product.

6.   A sharp slowdown in China may yet push the government to devalue.

7.   A sharp economic slowdown in America has cut into sales of many luxury brands.

8.   All the Andean countries have recently suffered recessions, or sharp slowdowns in growth.

9.   But a sharp slowdown in sales took hold two years ago.

10.   But reality has returned with a vengeance in the form of a sharp slowdown in advertising sales.