91.   The seller is betting the shares will drop and can be bought at a lower price -- keeping the difference as profit.

92.   The two biggest, Granada Group and Carlton Communications Plc, saw their shares drop immediately.

93.   The Zinc mining shares all dropped.

94.   Their shares dropped too.

95.   These shares have dropped recently as the government failed to intervene even after the collapse of four large banks and brokerages last month.

96.   Tobacco company shares dropped after release of the report.

97.   Twelve shares dropped for every one that rose.

98.   U.S. stocks fell as retail shares dropped amid a slew of disappointing third-quarter earnings reports and weaker-than-expected sales in October.

99.   U.K. shares dropped after tumbling stock markets in Asia and the U.S. darkened the outlook for British companies that make a lot of their profits abroad.

100.   U.S. stocks fell as retail shares dropped amid a slew of disappointing third-quarter earnings reports and weaker-than-expected October sales.